





THE UNIVERSITY 
OF ILLINOIS 
LIBRARY 


From the collection of 
Julius Doerner, Chicago 
Purchased, 1918. 


CO4.05 
PS4b 
1847 























THE 


BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, 


AND 
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, 


AND OTHER 


RITES . 
CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, 


SING TO THE USE OF 


THE PROTES1. 
“EPISCOPAL CHURCH 


IN 


Ginites Stater o | 
ovica 


TOGETHER WITH _, 





a THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS QF “ID 
NEW-YORK: b 
NEW-YORK BIBLE AND COMMON PRAYER BOOK SOCIETY: is 
Vo, 20 John- Street, Be” : 
1847, oe 


Stanpine ComMITTEE or THE DiocEsE or New-York, I, y 
At a Meeting held May 6th, 1847, 


t 


| on 
We do hereby certify, that this edition of th 


Prayer Book, the Articles, Offices, and m 
Hymns, is permitted to be published, « 


salms and 
edition com- 


. Prayer Book, 
pared with, and corrected by, the Sth 


fe gts \ culy appointed for 
y Rev. Josep Price, a ePsetion {ef Canoe ik 

_ that purpose, in conformity; ‘w 

of 1838. 


r 


Committee. 
By order of ee? la ss 


Ar) 
, WM, BERRIAN, Presedent. — J 
JNO, M, WAINWRIGHT, Secretary, , 





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ACY ,O% 
PL ft 
lsu 7 


PREFACE. 





Ir is a most invaluable part of that blessed liberty wherewith CHRIST 
hath made us free, that in his worship, different forms and usages may 
Without offence be allowed, provided the substanoe of the Faith be kept _ 
eritire ; and that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined to © 
Palsae: to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline; and therefore, by 
common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, rs 
amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for 
the edification of the people, ‘‘ according to the various exigencies of , 
times and occasions.” ‘a 

The Church of England, to which the Protestant Episcopal Church i in 
these States is indebted, under Gon, for her first foundation, and along | 
continuance of nursing care and protection, hath in the Preface of her | 
Book of Common Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that ‘‘ The particular’ 
forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be — 
used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, — 
and so acknowledged, it is but reasonable that upon weighty and impor- — 
tant considerations, according to the various exigencies of times and 
occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to © 
those who are in places of authority should, from time to time, seem — 
either necessary or expedient.” P 

The same Church hath not only in her Preface, but likewise in her — 
Articles and Homilies, declared the necessity and expediency of occa- 
sional alterations and amendments in her Forms of Public Worship ; 
and we find accordingly, that, seeking to ‘keep the happy mean between ~ 
tco much stiffness in refusing, and too much easiness in admitting varia- — 
tions in things once advisedly established, she hath, in the reign of + 
several Princes, since the first compiling of her Liturgy in the time — 
of Edward the Sixth, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto 
moving, yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their _ 
respective times were thought convenient ; yet so as that the main body 
and essential parts of the same (as well in the chiefest materials, as in | 
the frame and order thereof) have still been continued firm and un 
shaken.”? 

Her general aim in these different reviews and alterations hath beens 

as she further declares in her said Preface, ‘‘ to do that which, according 
to her best understanding, might most tend to the preservation of peace 
and unity in the Church; the procuring of reverence, and the exciting 
of piety and devotion in ie worship of Gon; and, finally, the cutting 
off occasion, from them that seek occasion, of cavil or quarrel against 


A O44 Age” aa 









PREF ACE. 


her Liturgy.’ And although, according to her judgment, there be not 

“ anything in it contrary to the Word of Gop, or to sound doctrine, or 

which a godly man may not with a good conscience use and submit unto, 

or which is not fairly defensible, if allowed such just and favorable con- 
struction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human wri- 
tings ;’? yet upon the principles already laid down, it cannot but be 
supposed that further alterations would in time be found expedient. 

Accordingly, a commission for areview was issued in the year 1689; but 

this great and good work miscarried at that time; and the Civil Authority 
has not since thought proper to revive it by any new commission. 

But when in the course of Divine Providence, these American States 
became independent with respect to civil government, their ecclesiastical 
independence was necessarily included; and the different religious 

| denominations of Christians in these States were left at full and equal 
liberty to model and organize their respective Churches, and forms of 
worship, and discipline, in such manner as they might judge most con- 
enient for their future prosperity ; 1S Song with the constitution 

- and laws of their country. 

The attention of this Church was in the first place drawn to those 

alterations in the Liturgy which became necessary in the prayers for our 
Civil Rulers, in consequence of the Revolution. And the principal care 
herein was to make them conformable to what ought to be the proper 
end of all such prayers, namely, that’‘‘ Rulers may have grace, wisdom, 
and understanding to execute justice, and to maintain truth ;” and that 
the people ‘‘may lead quiet and peaceable lives, in all godliness and 
_ honesty.”? 

But while these alterations were in review before the Convention, they 
could not but, with gratitude to Gop, embrace the happy occasion which 
was offered to them (uninfluenced and unrestrained by any worldly 
authority whatsoever) to take a further review of the Public Service, 
and to establish such other alterations and amendments therein as might 
be deemed expedient. 

_ Itseems unnecessary to enumerate all the different alterations and 

amendments. They will appear, and it is to be hoped, the reasons of 

them also, upon a comparison of this with the Book of Common Prayer 

of the Church of England. In which it will also appear that this Church 

: is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essen- 

tial point of doctrine, discipline, or worship; or further than local 

circumstances require, 

7 And now, this important work being brought to a conclusion, it is 
hoped the whole will be received and examined by every true member 

4 our Church, and every sincere Christian, witha meek, candid, and 

: 

J 

dq 


ee hy all 


charitable frame of mind; without prejudice or prepossessions ; seriously 
‘considering what Deanne is, and what the truths of the Gospel are; 
and earnestly beseeching Almighty Gop to accompany with his blessing 
every endeavor for promulgating them to mankind in the clearest, sini. 
_ est, most affecting and majestic manner, for the sake of Jesus Cuxist, 


_ our blessed Lord and Saviour. 
i: 






vi 


fo AS 


THE ORDER 
How the Psalter is Appointed to-be Read. 


Ae Psalter shall be read through once every month, as it is there 
appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February, 
it phat be read only to the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth day of the 
month. 

And whereas, January, March, May, July, August, October, and De- 
cember, haye one-and-thirty days apiece: it is ordered that the same 
Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months which were read the 
day before ; so that the Psalter may begin again the first day of the next 
month ensuing. 

And whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty-two Portions, and 
is over long to be read at one time; it is so ordered, that at one time shall 
not be read above four or five of the said Portions. 

The Minister, instead of reading from the Psalter as divided for Daily 
Morning and Evening Prayer, may read one of the Selections set out by 
this Church. J 

And, on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, appointed either by the 
Civil or by the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Minister may appoint such 
Psalms as he shall think fit in his discretion, unless any shall have been 
appointed by the Ecclesiastical Authority, in a Service set out for the 
Occasion ; which, in that case, shall be used, and no other, 


Proper Psalms on Certain Days. 


; Morning.| Evening. Morning.| Evening. 
Christmas-Day, | 19,45,85 | 89,110,132 Easter-Day, 2,57,111 |113,114,118 


Ash-Wednesday,} 6,32,38 |102,130,143]) Ascension-Day, | - 8,15,21 24,47,103 
Good Fnday, 22,40,54 64,88 Whit-Sunday, 48,68 104,145 


The Minister may use one of the Selections, instead of any one of the 
above Portions. 

















THE ORDER 


How the rest of the Holy Scripture is Appointed to be Read. — 


jhe Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons at Morning and 
Evening Prayer ; so that the most part thereof will be read every year 
once, as in the Calendar is appointed. 


The New Testament is appointed for the Second Lessons at Morning _ 


and Evening Prayer. 

And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of 
the month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the Chapters 
that shall be read for the Lessons, both at Morning and Evening Prayer ; 
except only the Moveable Feasts, which are not in the Calendar ; and the 
Immoyeable, where there is a blank left in the column of Lessons; the 


Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper 


Lessons. 


And, on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, the same rule is to obtain © 


as in reading the Psalms. 

And the same discretion of choice is allowed on occasions of Ecclesi- 
astical Conventions, and those of Charitable Collections. 

And Note, That whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, 
then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter 
and Calendar, if they be different, shall be omitted for that time. 

Note also, That the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the 
Sunday, shall serve all the Week after, where it it not jn this Book 
otherwise ordered. ” 

Vil 


TABLES OF LESSONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, 
To be read at Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the Year. 





SUNDAYS. 





In Advent. 


Lecccreceeos 








Ziwaceeseses 
Bits cis aie as sein 
Waters bic.e ssc 
After Christmas, 
diaye a ldiae @ aes 
After Epiphany. 
TINS Veh 
BPA DEER 
Bae ctwic tee eis 


Bo. seccrrece 


Septuagesima, 
Seragesima. 
Quinquagesima, 
n Lent. 

Par eae yet | 
EDs ecale'e he Rio 
ESiatalalciphe:astopsta 
C Sees e@etone 

eeeeecaertove 


Coccce bs0.0'0's 
Easter Day. 
After Easter. 


Lescrecsroes 


Be ota sie sores 





RE ea Ao 
Diamitiais «trates 
After Ascension. 
Whit-Sunday, 
Trinity. 
After Trinity. 
Wociisccss obs 
Estee bcs 6 witreuale 
Coececessce 
BiG tien ss aes 
Deonisivie\ene s’ss 
DO seis’ aoe e © 
Leese vest as 
Westie eves c's 
LST hice Bow ss 
14s Pesce ge ps0 
ID, cc ccee se 
VGaie's Ke-cc0s 6 ie 
DOreeee ase eee 
TB.c\n4's pisses 
TO) we wig resins 
QO sk manteces 
Qe Sack eiaeel es 
PReicg bcc vies s 
% 24. seecersecs 
OB ce ceesseees 
i P2Gistes Seles vee 3 


QT ee sevvcvcce 


erleecreeorsecens 


el eeeeeeeese 


MORNING. 


First Lesson. 


—— 


Isaiah .... 1 
eeeecee eee 5 
S alorei inte ca etic 
30 





35 
41 


eeeeoeveeo ed 
Jeremiah. 5 


feerteseee 


Lamentations1 


Jeremiah . 7 
Ezekiel ... 14 
see 20 tO V. 27 
Micah.... 6 
Haggai 2tov.10 
Daniel.... 
Exod. 12to v.37 


Isaiah .... 43 
Hosea .... 13 
Joel 3yv. 9 
Micah... ;'5 
Zechariah. 8 
yoel: hess 12 
Deut. 16 to v.18 
Genesis .. 1 


coccrccene 3 


eee. ItOV. 20 
Meieeieises 65 fob, 
Seles weep eU4d 
slebvielaltevaral Aa 
Exodus .. 3 


teedieoeiitee oo 
pare asctereva ce sek 
Numbers.. 16 
Slate voteennaperenen 
Deut. 4 tov. 41 


cocvevesee 6 


Gerald alesse pS 


Shs cla epsarelios 
Joshua ... 23 
Judges... 4 
1 Samuel , 12 
2Samuel . 12 
1 Kings8tov. 22 
a ee oe ee 
2Kings... 5 
Daniel ... 6 
Proverbs .. 1 
eereeevve eso 3 


11 


sbeesccces IZ 


eooceooreeod 15 


9| Matthew 





Luke 1 to v. 39 
see's 1 v. 39 
ss e's BLO'Vs AD 
Matt. 3 to v. 13 


Luke 2v. 
Mark 1 to v. 


Matt. 
John lv. 29 
Matt. 4v.12 
Luke4v.14 to 33 
Matthew 5 


soccese coe 6 


25 
16 


Qv. 13 


seateowecce ff 


Luke 7v. 19 
Mark 6 to v. 30 


Matthew 10 
Luke 10 to v. 25 
Mark 9 to v. 30 
Luke 19 v. 28 
Sor TORE. 
26 
Romans 6 


. 


CTS | oeie ye 0 Se 


Jis/e ene eiscevste- 70 


sccpeccees 5 


pews Oe 
Acts 4 to v. 36 
Matthew 3 


Acts 9 to v. 32 


seseecsoee 10 
coccesooce Il 
Jaescsiew eo ULE 
esececsces 15 
eeccessece 17 
Selevecslece ZU 
esesecicee 24 


coccssseee 26 


ARSE oe) 
Matthew 18 
Nae blew ese ale hee0 
secceerces 23) 
rere ee 25. 
Mark”. ;.3. 4 
(alee ea sp sysin p28 
Like! befce< 83 
mewteleiabieissns > 
erate inte gies. ote 
John 


3 
7 
ROR SOo mice ach ot 
|sccercceee 9 
oe Geiss ore LU 


ee 0. 





seccreccee 15 


eovccvcees 16 





A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR SUNDAYS. 


EVENING. 





Isaiah .... 


e@eoveessove 


200-28 tOV. 


teererccee 


e@eseeceooe 


seeseeoans 


sees D2toO Vv" 


eeseceeseen 
ee eresseoe 
eeerseecesen 
sees ecerave 


Jeremiah , 


@eevoeerecy 


Lam. 3 to v. 


Jeremiah 
eee 


soos 


Hicbakkuk 
Zechariah 


Malachi 3and 4| Heb. 5 to v. 11 
Exodus 12 v. 


Isaiah .... 
Hosea.... 
Micah.... 
Nahum ... 
Zechariah 

Zephaniah 

Isaiah .... 
Genesis 


eo 


.e ee 15 to Vv. 


eeeeersooe 
eeeectosrece 
ee ocoreeeee 


Exodus 


ereeeeseee 


Numbers 


Deut. 


eoeeoe 


seers eosee 


Joshua ... 
Judges ,.. 
1 Samuel 
2 Samuel 


Sec'd Lesson.|First Lesson.|Sec’d Lesson. 


2)}Romans .. 10 
Qa veces Le 
Wh Ou tak se COTS 
32) 1 Corinthians 1 


40] eve creeece 


42| Hebrews 


45|1 Corinthians 3 
eiets he 
55|2 Corinthians 4 


13] «e+ 0 ots 


59]. 6 eces-seoe 
62| Galatians 

Oe ee 
22| Ephesians 
BGil'sias cjates s'o'e 


BT |e ceccecee 


9] ocenecrcce 
18 eemereceoseoee 


WED ccwleislemcele 
3| Philippians 
13 


se eereeres 


37| Acts 


48 ; 
14| Colossians 
4) ewsctbviee 
1 1 Thes. ee 
LOVE cee s ates 


ll 
2)1 John 


6|1 Timothy 
2 Timothy 


‘Hebrews 


10} -cvseccess 


coors eeoee 


| James ...- 
Vain sict ine esas 
9) coevccecce 
1 Peter .-+ 
24) ceccccvese 
5| 
17 


19 we eereacce 


seeoteosee 





1 Kgs.8v.22t062 2 Peter ... 


2 Kings... 
Daniel ... 
Proverbs .. 


eeoresoe 


US eisa0tselains 
19 ce ccicsccs 
71John ,.. 
D ilies siuste Be 


12 wa ccsscvee 


14 Jude 
16 2 John 
t 


Qv. 22 
1 Corts. 315 
3 
3 
“4 


3\2'Thes.3to v.17 
Acts 19 to v.21 


- 3&4tov. 9 
Tit.2&3 tov.10 
10 
Bilteis sche vate etenge E 







2 
2 











6 















Cre ATe WH wwn 


1 


5 





2 














We GD BD et GO 2D St OT 0 8D OT DD 


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WWONWIATISRwWNH 


Dm nd Oo 


BING osvecneecs 


CALENDAR. 


ee eere eres 
sewer eeeee 
feeeseeose 
ereeeeroee 
eeereceres 
eeertesees 
eerteeseges 
eeeseeaeee 
eeaseeseve 
e@eseecreens 
eeaereeeses 
@ercesseos 
eeoreeeoer 
eeeeevoseee 
ee ersesseds 
eeeresoses 
@eeseseces 
eeceeeseee 
@eeteeseens 
ee 
wPeesseores 
e@eoeteecseece 
eeecereases 
St Jamba. 

t. James 
e@eerssesene 
evertreeses 
@eeeecseeges 
eeerseeeeos 


eeoeresoece 


= yD UO SPIO OT Pg PRO OPN OO oP 


ane eer. OF LESSONS FOR AUGUST. 
LENDAR. | | MORNING PRAYER. | EVENING PRAY 

1 Lésson. 
JOD sade odd 


OALENDAR. 





eeessoerns 
ee ee 
oy 
ee erseocese 
eeatesoer, 
pecoreeece 
eseeeeeaete 
eeoocoetea eats 
seassaeoe, 
eeerreeones 
a 
eeoaoreec esos 
ee eeeeee,e 
ee etree evses 
se errecsae 
eeescevrse 
seesteetes 
seesrscres 
ee esrecres 
ee errecsen 
ee crec ores 
eeoersr eres 


St Barthol- 
omew. 


eeorssaaces 
eo sere cess 


OTP M ho RO CPR ORO TPR OoAeS 





wom sates eC: 





MORNING PRAYER. 


1 Lesson, 


2 Lesson. 


EVENING 


PRAYER. 





1 Lesson. 





Ezra. 
alutaltetete vient 
weerdia’e we le ene 
8 v. 21 
eee hk 
4tov.13 
5 


Neh. 


eoescecses 10 


SG; 13 v. 15 
Esther.... 2 


eeeeseseoe 6 


Job 


eeeotreees 


ereee 


eeeroseeee 
@eeeeerteoes 


10 


evccccsoes 12 


e@eeeceseon 


eereoarseoaoe 14 
secvsovcee 16 
sovcsoeces 18 


se essceces 20 


© ealaitteraieve nee 
24 and 25 


eeeseccere 20 


secre ccee 29) 


seesseeees ol 


MORNING 


8) 


6). 
8 | 


Matt. ve es6 4 


she: -4to Vv. 
eee 


| Pe erseeoees 


12 to v: 
12 v. 
13 to v. 
13 v. 
14 tov. 
14v. 
15 to v. 
15 v. 


eeeesaercoe 


| 
| eee 


eee 


-oe I8tov. 
aes 18 v. 
eve 19toOV. 
one 19 v. 
-», 20 tov. 





16 


PRAYER 





1 Lesson. 


2 Lesson. 


UT) se cceeesee 


| PASTA + oles ate 
bis: svisisinwleren tO 
@eeeeree oe vA 


Neh. 


4 v.13 
6 


eeersseese 


|Esther.... 1 


| @eenerosee 


5 


eoerseceen 


eoeeeesecoses 


wee Itov. 20 
JOD waesedae 
i 


se etee eres 
eeeese eres 


eoorseesae 


|eewceccces 15 
e@eeeeeee ee 17 
seocccecas 19 


@eeeeoereasn Qi 


Sos cee 26 | 


eeerececes 29 





secseceees OO 





Job .eveee 33 
eeeeseeeees 35 
®eCeeveeeeen oT 
eeeCeeeesnes 39 
eeeeetstoeven 41 
Prov.1 tov. 20 
eeeereesesn ee 2 
Boe ken dens 
6 to v. 20 
Se iar ec dey & 


9 


sovccccoce li 


eee 
eeereceres 


secsseecee 13 


14 v. 16 
eee 15 v. 21 
«ee 17 tov. 15 
coosseeses 1S 
wa cpesesesn 20 
Q1 v.17 


et Q2v.17 
one 23 Vv. 22 


se cessees. 29! 


so cceceess Ot 


eeeees C2 eeee 


eriercceseee 20 





die ieter, HL 
covwccsces 3 
ee cceecese : 


ccoccccese. 


le wetelove oa.ei Nay) 


e@aeeoeosoce 


Matt. 20 v. 
wiover SLALD Ve 
CNG Ql v. 
eee 22,t0:¥. 
wee 22%. 
.- 2tov. 
ws 23 Vv. 
soe 24 LO Ve 
eee 24 vy. 
oon Oly. 
oly 25 v. 
«se 26 tov. 
26 v. 


eeocvseoeeee 


Blark 25s 


ee eoeeases 


4 tov. 


aay 4 Vv. 26 
easy DiLOW: 21 
de 5 v. Ql 
«oe 6 tow 30 
wae 6 v. 30 
dee 44, LON 24 
sae Tv. 24 
ewe StOV, 27 
+o a 8 v. 27 
se 749 tOLV. oO 
eco 9 v.30 


«ee 10 to Vv, 32 


xiii. 











oi sfatatnala:s auae 
bigacelp ease Mau 
Prov. lv. 20 
@eeeeeeeee 3 


6 v. 20; 


sessecsees 8 


seccesecoe 10) 


eerste nreee0n 12 


eee 14 tov. 16) 
+» 15 tov. 21 
Ab ee ee cisinanee 
17 v. 15 
19 


eeeeossens 


eee (QUO: Vie17 
oo.0, 22 tov. 17 
eve 23 £0 V. 22: 


b Seaagiisisa’ 


op ech eee ee 





eeoe 
em erreesed 
eearesn aees 
@oecerseoes 


@eeoenreene 10 


3) 


9; 
9! 


«.. 13 to v. 15|1 Thes. 
3 
Uh incne wn 
3) 
/1 Tim. 
Qi cwngecesias 


soccecccee Lllescccceaes 


Wider a gaye em Lilly vale nian eie% 


(27° 


2 Lesson. 
Phil. 


eeereeeres 


eeaertoerver 
Colos..... 
e@eoeeereeoe 


2Thes.... 


eereerseos 
eeees ee ees 
eee 


se setooe 2; 


1m. 


@oreereaee 








se ccneeess 23 aeerenes 2 





32: 


\2Peter.... 





ecveccsees 12 


‘Rom, ...- 


eoeeneeene 


uLUSH ateos 


CO et Re OD OD OT OD = 0 AD OT om 00 2D ODD RS 


|Philem. ar 
|Heb. 


errceoreoes 


eate oe 


PRAYER. 
2 Lesson. 
Heb... ...- 





eroe 
ee oseavres 
eo ereensses 


q 
eeererveece 


DOWD Os 


a@eeevee eres 10 
eeaoseeeeoed 11 
wee ceselaame 
Ved op helene ohhh 
JAMES wo ee 
1 Peter.... 


ee eens osee 


i John «+. 


610 0 06'9)6 «20 


ERT ae RR RP Pe EG 


"9. John 
Jude 


A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JULY. | 





~~ A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 


CALENDAR. 


ODMDIWAGL WWD — 


f 


Poy 


R-ADRATPR ROT PR mMOAA oP oROS 








MORNING 
1 Lesson. 


Pen Ese dered 

2 v.20 
4tov. 19 
slefaleete wie cist ot 
7 tov. 2t 
8 


sovcceseee 1D 





evoecessece 
eeecreerse | ooo 
cose oere ce! sug 
*“@e@reosece 
e@eerteeoes eee 
| Coe eerccel se ccre cece 
eeoeeevvecee 


ele: o:e)aimpeieie:| @@/eigsieleve.oe) LZ 





eeoreeereeelsseceorecese 14 


daralai ate at Siagls ‘sige tateletste 16 
pishe\serale c's Maiele lee ujsiateeest 1S 
@ereeceee oe bk wsic Seabee 
eeeeeveosea ed SAN 3), bees 
SVaKelelthe tae saMlkete ae sre eit) 24 
aieiate ralstal cueiei|secs.eke raters 20 


seecees cee] geeeccereee 20 
eecesecess OU 
eaecccecee BS 


see ccocces| cevecceces ot 


eeeecrecee 3G 





‘St. Matt.” 


sore cescos| seceereees oo 


ee eeee coeece 


soeevecee 42 
oe oteke\eieimletal 4 
oes AT 


ee eere sees 
eoreeesoos 
Pe eseoreeelre cere 


eecosccese fece 


0 eer 0» bial elviere 49 v. 23 
St Mich’lg- eee eee Hees 





All Angels. 50 v. 21 





se cceerecelsovcsoeese 40]. 


48 v. 25). 


PRAYER. 
2 Lesson. 
Mark 10 v. 32 


a taelelehe wp lobed: 
ves, 12 tO’ Vy. 2B 
12 v. 28 
ie codes seine 
eee 14 to v. 26 
14 v. 26 


ole aie scuisperst LO 





oe eaaten tle 
Luke L to v. 39 
. 39 
. 40 
. 40 
3 


eee 
eee 
eee 
eereessece 


5 


ee eerseven 


6 to v. 
. 20 
. 36 


eee 


oa. TNO 3e 
ave (8 to yve26 
hess 8 v. 26 


al, 
aes 
329 
. 25 
29 
11 v, 29 


eoeose ecoeeee 


eee 


jrosecesees 29 
20. 





reece Ld 


EVENING 


PRAYER. 





1 Lesson. 
Jer. 2tov. 20 


4v.19 
oS tag tT Be Fo 6 
Tv. 2k 
9) 


coecceccee LI 


eee 


eoeseoacore 


@eeccorece 13 
seccscceee 15 
cocccesoee 1? 
5 a bia} imtetets» 19 


eecesecoeceee 21 


@eoeceeoeeeoen 23 
seeseesere 20 
veveccveee 27 


secvcecoes ab 


eeceescese 33 
eae tis 6/s\osigy 0 


nia foistaher erate On. 
aio siels siaiciones OO 
2, o:0;0/aeleitele ok 
aas.ege. ansietyten be 
woe. 45 and 46 
«ee 48 tov. 25 
oe 49 fo v..23 
eee SO tov. QL 


eoeeect eee 


. 51 tov. 








1 OID OS Wty 


OTPRRDTAOTPR ROA TPH PRA OrRR ORO oD 


A TABLE OF LESSONS 


CALENDAR. 


MORNING 
1 Lesson. 


Jer. 5lv. 35 
Lamers! 2 
ses Sto v. 37 
4 
esee ] 
3 
7 


eeoreeereed 14 


18 v. 19 








eeeereseee 
seoeorecues 
seeeseeors 


eeoreeerecee|. cores sore 


Ezek. 


eoeerse eee 


eeeereesee 
eoeeresees 
@ereeereee| ceoseeeseed 


RU 4 SERRE 
EFesicocece DAN cece | 
Soca weveeelsa as Qv. 24 


4 
6 
8 


socccevcce 10 


weesseeseS ee! ceoasrecerss 


@eseerreece!|seeeseo ners 
Ge eoesveces|eosoeetooe 
eeee-ceeen 


seeorrsoat|/sceaovsese ee 12 


St Luke the; 
Evangelist.| 


| Be eeeccesvon: 
Hos.....2, 3 
eoreeet toons! @@eeoerees 
eeoceros oct! eeesenteoos 
eeeesreeeee| ocecesetons 


eoeeeerees|/ teers ecocvee 


Joel, svecs 





1 





we werccese| coe 2Qyv.15 
Cieic.e wees wis | AITIOS %so¢0\ L 
SUL SUNONG | .cceee ceceee 
St. Jude, 





5 


ee eorcreeel/seoesrenece 


Wee 


PRAYER. 


4) Lesson. 
Luke ..... 14 


coeseeecee 1D 


eescccrece 16 


(2. 17 To v.20 
aac 17 v. 20 
«ee 18 tov: Sl 
wee 18 v. 31 
soe LItov. 28 
19 v. 23 


ENS) oiptajeieleiete sae 


oe 


ceessecese aL 


wee Q2tov. 31 
22 v2 31 


we ceseeees 23 


Stott ples rste-wle. a 


John 1 tov. 29 
lv. 29 
stab cyetsiene’efeie Re 
3 to v. 22 

3 Vv. 22 
4 
eeoeorve atone 5 
6 to v. 22 

6 v. 22 
7 to v, 32 


eoaseosnes 


eee 
eee 
eee 


ae 8 tov. 21 
8v. 21 


coceresees 9 


eee 10 tov. 22 


7 Vv. 32} 


EVENING 

1 Lesson. _ 
VETe ieee oe OS 
Lanliedaee ie 


5 


eeoeeeosece 


sive erties sale 
oe 18 tov. 19 


Dan. 2 to v. 24 


ceeoocetsoeeer 


7 
9 
se cccceves Il 


HOS). ita 1 


@ecove coeces 


Nghe RB 
ts «ca aaa 
e@eeoeseeeeee 12 
sy ess wis wdep 
| Joel 2 to v. 15 
eoeeeraoece 3 
Amos .... 2 


eceeccenes 


oS ee 
FOR OCTOBER. 


“a. 


3 v. 37) 


Ezek. ..e<. 2) 


eG, LG Wenel i etererestatalerete 
is (ee etre B's KOE 


5 


8. 


: Phil 





6 





xiv. 


10 V. 22) seecvcccoce 


8. 






2 Lesson. 
ROM, Weree 


ee eteoncee 
secreeseces 
eeceosseove 
ecco esreee 
ee ereorece 


PR ary rg, 


PGT Gf 
ce centring 
ore abalt 


13 


ceccccocee LA 


eoaetesee 


sveccesces 15 


seeossecece 
ee 
seseoreoces 
eeoesosoce 
sovcscocee 
eerseccsene 


eeoereecorve 


OMIT wWwWe 


are RS 


cccsceevee Il 


Seccscsece IZ 
sececcswactld 


ereeee Coeese 


iad 


eeee 


PRAYER. 
2 Lesson. 


1 Cor.{... se 16 
2 Corl ed 








ee cereesce 
eoceseccce 
eoeoseccee 
eeoececcsce 


WWIOMh WWD = 


cevececee cil 
sielwjsoiawaslenth 
cocvseveee la 
cccccccess 13 


Gal. 


eecreeceves 
wpeooceee aces 
eecesoeese 
eeeere ares 


Ephes. 


peovcecesece 


eoecereecoe 
eecossoecece 
secctcooree 
ceececvsece 
e eoeoe 
eoveocosoes 
eecoeeee ee 


Golosiis ties 


me WN DONS WW DOP dD 





A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR NOVEMBER. 


CALENDAR. 





—— 


CoNInAwirewonre 


| 

All Saints’ 
Day. 

eo ae 


MORNING PRAYER. 





1 Lesson. 





seer se eenes 


AMOS. «++ 
Jonah ..- 
Micah ... 


seeees ese 


Nahum .. 





Sdlewseees ol Fab. baee 
9a biG MV. [Saphi.. e 6 
Davee aes eu PAR Me a oe 


PATH AERA TPR ORO THE ORO TPR AO 


ee ertessee 
ee ecses esse 
ee erea esse 
ee eteo eres 
ee erreeser 
eoets eo esse 
eeeereaere 
ee ereegese 
ee 


eeeesoeese 





ee eereesee 


ee 


eesreve 





Zech ..es 


seeccsee, | 
seecreecs | 


VERN, . draiee 


isaiah 


9 
1 
3 
1 
3 
5 
ai 
2 
1 
3 
2 
1 
1 
3 
5 
7 
9 
1 
3 
1 
3 
1 
3 
eeeeoreaee 5 
ssleogea eee ( 
seeesees, 9 


10 v. 20 


; Ai es arr 
| Seo Amar At sow a cronstale oropl sin ole 


2 Lesson. 


see ere eesee 


John 11 tov 
minted een kh) Vs 
ee @ade tO’ Ve 
Vaden eo Lee 


eseeereee ee 
tr abate aies <c 
lee@orseecever 
eo aeeereeenre 
AGts ina gue 


eoeesseo ee 


4 to v. 
Gari, . CENA 
5 tov. 

5 Vv. 
7 to v. 
ay ice "ane 
oo SaBILO Vs 
. OAS v. 
seer 9tov. 
sees 9Vv. 
»eee 10 tov. 
10 v. 





-30 
30 
20 
20 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 


al 
1 
2 
3 
23 
23 
17 
17 
6 


30, 


30 
26 
26 
23 
23 
34 


EVENING PRAYER. 


1 Lesson, 


eeeeee Coeeoe 


Obadiah .. 
Jonah .... 
Micah.... 


se ereoeses 


ey 


Nahum... 


Ql oevsresene 


2 Lesson. 


eeerse see seaes 


Colos...., 


i Thes. -.: 


pay 
20| Hag. 


ZeClias ste Oe 


ee seevseoe 


cocccecees 10 
cocccvecves 12 


ccccscccese 14 


Mali’ eiece 


isaiah 6. 


eece estos 


eee 10tO Vv. 20 
@oeeeteegeoe 11 


ences gtos 13 


2Thes. ... 


eoteeseveoe 
ee essere ene 


1 Tim. 


Se ecenee ay 


eee 


sere orstoos 


seen ereoee 


DWAPNHNWWHENHWHALW PH? 


2 Tin, 


e6e 
see ee 
ereeceseaer 


2 


Titus 
oie nec aie es 
Philem. 
Heb. 


Bl] eeeccerees 


4 wees 
2 

4 ee 
6 oe 


eteeereeoe 





We PWN KH AOS we WAH TP WI HS wd 





34 


ereees ee eoee 


Awe wn 





A TAB 


CALENDAR. 





Bog BO LO ORG OO TPO BO TPR NOAOTHHS 


se escroeese 
ee eera sees 
eeeeee eeee 
ee ereeores 
eeecreeve, 
te eoreeers 
re 
ee eese cers 
se eereoer, 
ee eore cere 
se eres errs 
se eseeosce 
se ecse segs 
ee eereosve 


eeeeee esos 









St. Thomas. 


Christ Day 
St. Stephen 
St. John E. 
Innocents. 


eecrre eaten 


1 Lesson. 





seessseee I 





seeees 20, 


coccesens 23 
seecscees WD 


secre eee 2 





ce cerccee & 


socesenes Ol 


co esvecse Bd 
ve veseeee 3D 
seeeseeee d 
se eccecee 3D 
seccrpoee Al 


seceseeee 43 


evccccece AT 


seccseeee 49 


secesewes OL 


se eescer, OS 


eeoeorteoeee 451 


2 Lesson. 


Isaiah.... 14| Acts 11 tov. 
ORs ciao ee LNW: 


1....13 tov. 


elders 13.Ve 
-2e-l4tov 
Meteors kW 
sivrere 16 01: 
pieteld 16 v. 
cove lL? tO V. 
soee 17 v. 
w.eve.4) 1S:£O Vv, 
a epace 18 v. 
so ow) L901: 
sees 19 v. 
aces 20 (0 V. 
20.v. 





ah weep Bl Suddes pont 
eoeeere one 57 ee eeeseenese 
ee eeore eas, 59 eeeecesene 





aig. aie Wiad Sinisistiieta, ai6;0e7/ COW. 


cecescoes 61 
ce ccscoes 63 


ee oeseveve 65 eeece 






xv. 


| 









21 





EVENING 


LE OF LESSONS FOR DECEMBER. 


MORNING PRAYER. 


PRAYER. 





1 Lesson. 


2 Lesson. 





Isaiah .... 15! 


eosecceces IT 


soceeccees 19) 


seccvese ns 2h 
se cesecces 20 


oovevereve 29 
eereeevee ge 30 
eorecseeee 32 
eorecssees Of 
corcce-cee 36 
sovecesees 3S 
eis beesne 0 
wesc ee 42 

eccccee 44 
e@eeseoeereee 46 
eiclereucle eiereret aes) 
cecccccens 00 
socccceces OS 


seseesseee OF 


*e@eereeer2e0 08 


eescccce es 06 
etre ccseee DS 
eeccecsees 60 


seeceoverere 
eeeereaeesooe 
eere eo ersosce 


Heb. 


eeeee 


@ereeeee oe 9 





dadiste idie te aid 
James...- 


1 Peter... 
2Peter.... 


1 John.... 


POW HH WHOM KDE WD Tew 





5 


QTV. QL). o.5.00000,00.62)2 JONN. oic's 
see + 28 tO Vs 27). acc arse aie. 04) JONNY sae 
28 v.17 sececcesee 66, Jude eees 



















Tables and Rules 


FOR 


THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS; 


Together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, 
through the whole Year. 


RULES 


TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN. 


EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the 
Fult Moon, which happens upon or next after the 'I'wenty-first Day of March; 
and if the Full Moon happen ypon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. 

Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, 
whether before or after. 





Phe’, Sagligi ind 
exagesima . ight 
Quinquag ena Sunday is < Seven Weeks before Easter. 
Quadragesima ; Six 
Tee te eda oy talc 
scension-Day orty Days 
Whit -Sunday Seven Weeks after Easter. 
Trinity Sunday Eight Weeks 





A TABLE OF FEASTS, 
TO BE OBSERVED IN THIS CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 


All Sundays in the Year. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. 


The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS |St. Matthew the Apostle. 
CHRIST. St. Michael and all Angels. 
The Epiphany. St. Luke the Evangelist. 
The Conversion of St. Paul. St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles. 


The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. 
St. Matthias the Apostle. 







St. Mark the Evangelist. 
St. Philip and St. James the Apostles. 
The Ascention of our Lord JESUS 






‘The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. 


All Saints. 

St. Andrew the Apostle. 

St. Thomas the Apostle. 

The Nativity of our Lord JESUS 
CHRIST. 

St. Stephen the Martyr 





CHRIST. 
St. Barnabas. ! 
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist. 
St. Peter the Apostle. 
St. James the Apostle. 


St. John the Evangelist. 

The Holy Innocents. 

Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. 

aren? and Tuesday in Whitsun- 
eek. 


A TABLE OF FASTS. 
Ash- Wednesday. | Good-Friday. 
OTHER DAYS OF FASTING, 
ON WHICH THE CHURCH REQUIRES SUCH A MEASURE OF ABSTINENCE AS IS 
MORE ESPECIALLY SUITED TO EXTRAORDINARY ACTS 
AND EXERCISES OF DEVOTION. 


I. The Forty Days of Lent. ; ; 
Il. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, The First Sunday in Lent. 












being the The Feast of Pentecost. 
Wednesday, Friday,and Saturday after ( September 14, and December 13. 
. The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 
before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. 
All the Fridays in the Year, except Chrisitmas-Day. 










In addition to the above, the first Thursday in November (or,if any other day 
be appointed by the Civil Authority, then such day) shall be observed as a Day 
of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other 
Blessings of his merciful Providence. 


xvi, 


TABLES FOR FINDING THE HOLY-DAYS. 
A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, 


FROM THE PRESENT TIME TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE. 
Golden | Days of the| Sunday 












































Numobers.| Month. |Letters. 
XIV. |’ March 21 Cc 
IIL, 22 D THIS Table contains so much of the Calen- 
23 E dar as is necessary for the determining of 
XI. | —— 24 F Easter; to find which, look for the Golden 
— G Number of the year in the first column of the 
xXIx, | — 2% A Table, against which stands the day of the 
Vill 27 B Paschal Full Moon; then look in the third 
—— 28 C column for the Sunday Letter, next after the 
XVI. —— 29 D day of the Full Moon; and the day of the 
Vv. | —— 30 E month standing against that Sunday Letter is 
= OL F Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happen upon a 
XIII. April 1 G Sunday, then (according to the first rule) the 
ll. | —— 2 A next Sunday after is Easter- Day. 
SS! B To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 
dE ee A Cc to the year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; 
— 5 D the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number ; 
XVIII — 6 E but if nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden 
Vil. | —— 7 F umber. 
——.8 G l'o find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, ac- 
XV. — 9 A cording to the Calend.tr, until the year 
IV. 10 B 1899, inclusive, add to the year of our | 0 | A 
—il Cc Lord its fourth part, omitting frac- |1 |G 
XII SSS D tions, divide the sum by 7,and if there | 2 | F 
Ir 13 E be no remainder, then A isthe Sunday |3 | E 
14 F Letter; but if any number remain, | 4 {| D 
IX, 15 G then the Letterstanding against that |5 | C 
—— 16 A number in the small annexed Table | 6 | B 
XVII. 17 B is the Sunday Letter. 
Wis as Cc 
19 D Note, That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, 
—— 20 E the Letter found as above will be the Sunday 
——- 21 F | Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, to 
22 G ‘the end of the year. 
commen) DS A 
Saeed B 
25 Cc 








ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER, 


TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE. 


























Golden |____—Ss SUNDAY LETTERS. TO. make use of the 
Numbers. A B | G D E F G preceding Table, 
— - —|-—_| — ae find the Sunday Let- 

I. |April 16]..17)....18)..19}....20]....14|....15) ter for the Year. in the 
If. |April 9].. 3..... 4|.. 5/..0. 6/4... 72+. 8/uppermost Jine, and 
TIL |Mar. 26]. .27)....28)..29|....23)....24/....25] the Golden Number,or 
IV. |April 16]..17)....11}..12)....13]....14|....15| Prime, in the column 
V. |April 2].. 3.... 4].. 5/.... 6|Mar31/Apr. llof Golden Numbers, 
VI. | April 23}. .24'....25/..19]....20)....21|....22) and against the Prime 
Vil. |April 9]..10...,11]..12|....13]....14].... 8}in the same line,under 
VIII. | April 2;.. 3 Mar28|.,29)....30)....31/Apr. 1) the Sunday Letter,you 
IX. | April 16]..17.....18]..19]-...20}....21|....22} have the Day of the 
X. {April 9}..10....11}.. Sjeees Glee. 7|e-- 8| Month on which Eas- 
XI. |Mar. 26]..27.....28)..29]....80]....31]...,25|e7 falleth that year.’ 
XML. | April 16/..17,....18]..19]....13]....14].... 15] But, 
Xf. |April 2}/.. 3.,.. 4].. 5).... 6/.+.. 7J]e+.. 8| Note, That the name 
XIV. |Mar, 26/..27....28}..22/....23]....24/....25] of the month is set on 
XV.. | April 16}..10 ,...11]..12)....13]....14]....15| the left hand, or just 
XVI. |April 2/., 3....4 |.. 5|Mar30|....31/Apr. 1] with the figure, and 
XVIl. | April 23/..24 ...,18}..19]...,20]....21)....22| followeth not as in 
XVIUE |April 9}..10....11]..12}....13/.... 7|..., }other Tables, by de- 
XIX. [April 2\Ma7 ,...281..29|....30'.,..31)Apr. }/8cent,but collaterally. 
Bt xvii. 










A TABLE OF THE DAYS ON WHICH EASTER WILL FALL 
For Thirty-Eight Years, being the Time of Two Cycles of the Moon. 
° Ww } we by 
ess] ¥o[82| Fe | of | ess] Fe] es] Se | og 
ass Se1e82 i ss ax geese] 82] ss €& 
™3o | & eee WUE ln ae Me ie oa ee oe ats Oe 
1843 1 0 A |Apr. 16/) 1862 1 0 E |Apr. 20 
1844 2 MW GF |..... 7|| 1863 va 1l D Seen © 
1845 3 22 E |Mar. 23] 1864 3 22 CB {|Mar. 27 
1846 4 3 D  /Apr. 12!) 1865 4 3 A |Apr. 16 
1847 5 14 Cc Saeed 4410866 5 14 Gay ies 8 
1848 6 25 BA |....+ 23] 1867 6 25 F Ae ae. 
1849 7 6 G ise iO 1868 7 6 E-D. Jeg Id 
1850 8 17 F Mar. 31 1869 8 17 C Mar. 28 
1851 9 28 E jApr. 20} 1870 9 28 B Apr. 17 
1852 10 9 DiC 1. is elt 1871 10 9 A aie ate ke 
1853 11 20 B |Mar. 27! 1872 11 20 GF |Mar. 31 
1854 12 1 A. |Apr. 16] 1873 12 1 E jApr. 13 
1855 13 12 Gileth. s/s BLS 874 13 12 ID! Wileres aie 
1856 14 23 FE |Mar. 23 1875 14 Q3 Cc Mar. 28 
1857 15 4 D  |Apr. 12] 1876 15 4 BA |Apr. 16 
1858 16 15 CO see aaa 77 16 15 God | aes 
1859 17 26 Ba so 5.. 24 a878 17 26 1 | aie | 
1860 18 7 AG |..... 8] 1879 18 7 Hl sade be 
1861 19 18 F |Mar. 31) 1880 19 18 DC |Mar. 28 
A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS. 
According to the several Days that Easter can possibly fall wpon. 
& 2) i, Ve] >> 
be jag) Sg | Ss] se2] SS lesz) Ss 
82 Ses) SF | SlF/} ESS] SE [SSS] SE |. Note, That 
Pheu Bey erm ties | ** 1S72) 5 lina Bissextile 
Mar 22 1 jJan. 18 Feb. 4/Apr. 30/May 10] 27 |Nov. 29 soa eel i 
cece 23) L |ovee 194... 5|May 1.00. 11] 27 |..-, 30) oF Sundays 
eco 24 1 cove G0 séce Olas  Sieeimeeel. 20 Dec. 1 after Epipha- 
Gah 25) 2 |oee. OL. .ls Seam 27 ees, hay will bo the 
Ae Kua} iar? cee P2 cee ciuGluecce 4 eeemmmespoe? [ea same as if 
Bae ee 2 Aira MOCO Giclee) Slooae Lp , 26 Nov, 27 Easter - Day 
case 28) 2 Jovee 2h ee. 10)... Gloeee 16} 26 |---- 28) bad fallenone 
ists (20 2 eeoe ste oH ELils vein), Lies oe ART) seo cece 29 day later than 
Bele: OD Hr AAO) OMe cle cee Moles oe PLOT CeO) itis ante it really does. 
ieee OL 2 coon 27 Anse dail ea eed Shee 19 26 Dec. 1! And, for the 
Apr. 1 3 eee 28 oeee Tae erwdbe C Late eeu oO 26 seee same reason, 
Malsr AIO Meee n (Ole eee Ble iee LE eee (tt a [eleva one day must, 
Relates HSC Sle ahr 's, SUVs « si LGhs stoe (A2| coe 221" 2d SINOV. 727, in every Leap 
Wve te) 3 EST a tec sc ce (Belo wager eo Year, be ad- 
eee e 5 3 Feb Minar ars 18 be ae 94 eeee 24 25 soos 29 ded totheda 
EOI BL legac. Ricca, PB. ciclo 1B bar otc) 251 25° foe's KOOlEE EEE ont 
Rene e 3 GED! Scie o BOR eiate AST ee to aol + (20) DOs. ie iven by the 
Peerage ® a PE ale ones cis agh ce at] Rese OMG Ble” For 
soso 9] 4 Jocce Siecee 22 cae. 18]..04 28} 25 |.--- 3) Sentuagesi- 
A Jesee 60... 23) eee. 19].00 29) 24 |Nov. 271g Sunday, 
4 Wei ellie c etka cies (20 cee OUT Stee » heens ones and for the 
Bl icee Biecee Wlevee MWleeewe BI 24 [sees Wrst day of 
4 loses 92.0. 26)... 22/June 1) 24. |... 30 Lent: unless 
A iaile can Ors ces ttle eas O38 cue 2) tee) (Dec. tien a aa hilis 
Bo faces Tess, 28)s0.. 28.050 3] 24 |s.6s B sives some 
SR Wentterihs Widias’ L'ie's:c 0!) 20) sg ole (ue) weenie dere 3| day in the 
Bij) femsteusld ever Zl ecm 26leeee | Dl (2a. TNOV.” 24) mm GHthe of 
5 © oisie Le ee goats ates Ot teame eye 23 eoee 28! March for it: 
5 eeee 15 eee Ele cine 28 ceoee a 23 seee 29 for in that 
5 laces 1G4.,.. Slevee 29.00. 8] 23. 1.556 30) cage, the day 
Bi lerpew Ulises VE le eee 80] eee 91°23 Det. tl atveniby the 
6 sien ESieo ded Clases (Bll vwiee IW} 1°23, losiee) Uae Pa bias: tiie 
6 SFuNe Vive TUN ee View wi 3}right day. | 
6 9} ..00 Qleees 12] 22 |Nov. 27 Pest: 
6 TY ena ae) Baa ty each eg 


















































A TABLE 


TO FIND EASTER-DAY 


From the Year 1900 to the Year 2199, Inclusive. 



























bad ~ 
= > 
¥2 BS |nel Zq | S&S 
S{ s& (88) $2 | ss . 
SS] SS [eal SS | os THE Golden Numbers in the fore- 
$3 SS St Fa] ee going Calendar will port out the days 
z = 4 * of the Paschal Full Moons, till the 
= —) ———||— ———— year of our Lord 1900 ; at which time, 
XIV.| March 22} D April 9 in order that the Ecclesiastical Full 
TL jaisie ay ote, oe ©. 6, AIRS Moons may fall nearly on the same 
Pe Dil eramenitsl days with the real Full Moons, the 
XI] .... 25] G sees 12 Golden Numbers must be removed to 
cues 2) A D1 A ey different days of the Calendar, as is 
XIX! .... 24 .B Lidess 14 done in the annexed ‘lable, which 
VIII.) .... 28} C sooo ld contains so much of the Calendar 
wees 29} D TX |e sil then to be used, as is necessary for 
REVIT) set BOPP REVAL late: fa 7 finding the Paschal Full Moons, and 
Vil Leste cael Vis. e8 the Feast of Easter, from the year 
April 1G ALS, 1900, to the year 2199, inclusive. This 
TL) Poe tee ak we oan ‘Table is to be made use of, in all re- 
IL ieee cece! spects, as the first ‘Table, before in- 
owe AG ..e- 22] G |serted, for finding Easter till the year 
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GENERAL TABLES 
FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER) 


And the Place of the Golden Numbers in the Calendar. 





TABLE. I. 


| 
1900 2300 
2000 710 2200 2400 2500/2600 


—— ——_|——_|—-_ |__| —_|——_|_ TO find the ae pe ag s paneer Laer for 
3100 3500 any given year of our Lord, add to the year its 
‘este 3200 3300/3400 3600| >? ftourt part, omitting fractions, and also the 
— ) —|— | — |] —— | ——] —— number which, in Table |., standeth at the top 
'4100/4200|4209/ 4599] 4600 Of the, column wherein the number of hundreds 
4400 contained in that given year is found ; divide 
—— |—-|——|——|—— the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then 
5000/2100 |539915499|2200 A is the Sunday Letter; but if any umber re- 
5200 5600 main, then the Letter which standeth under 
—|— that number at the top of the Table, is the Sun- 


5700 58009°2!6 109 6200/9309 gso9 day Letter. 


3900 
4000 


4900 

















6200 





6700 7100 


$809 gsv0 6900/7000 7200 7300 


7900 
8000 


|7500 _, 





7007800 8100/8200 


7600 £ 











3800/10 
3900/10 


CHOWWOIUIIHOMHATANawWAWsDWDNHHO | 


VABLE SI. 


"poy ano 
Jo Siva, 





4000) 10 
4100}L1 
4200}12 
430012 
4400]12 
4500} 13 
4600/13 
4700) 14 
4800) 14 
4900) 14 
5000) 15 
5100} 16 
5200)15 
5300]16 
5400} 17 
5500}17 
5600}17 
5700|18 
5800}18 
5900}19 
6000) 19 
6100)19 
6200/20 
6300)21 

















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Paschal Full) Sunday 
Moon. Letters. 
March 2t ~ Gene. 
AANA ip’ HB) 


ee we 


23 + Bee 
240 | wn ew Bae 
25 -.G.. 
26 |....A.- 
Qo}... B.. 
ABI Iss ws 
29 |....D. 
30}. 3... 
31 o Fes 
1 224e+G.. 
if isie sed « 
3 1.-+-B. 
GI eles. Cis 
5 ‘2 Das 
6 sees. 
7 oe By» 
8 ~.G., 
9 s+ Ase 
LO totes, B's 
LST iets tes Css 
12°) ....D.. 
LSA h pees Baieke 
14 we. 
15 ]....G.. 
16 | ....A.. 
17 ae ei 
7 +. Be. 
IB} wo Cn. 
18 |....C. 


TO find the month and the days of the month to 
which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the 
Calendar in any given year of our Lord, consisting of 
entire hundred years, and in al! the intermediate years 
betwixt that and the next hundredth year following, 
look in the second column of Table If. for the given 
year, consisting of entire hundreds; and note the 
number or eipher which stands 5 ge it in the third 
column ; then in Table IIL look for the same number 
in the column under eny given Golden number, which, 
when you have found, guide your eye sideways to the 
left hand, and in the first column you will find the 
month and the day to which that Golden Number 
ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that pe- 
riod of one hundred years. 

The letter B, prefixed to certain hundredth years in 
Table II., denotes those years which are still to be ac- 
counted Biseextile or Leap Years in the new Calen- 
dar ; whereas all the other hundredth years are to be 
accounted only common years. 





TABLE Ill. 


The Golden Numbers. 





T7273791516171 8) 9 [Oj 11) 12) 13) 14] 15) 16) 17] 18) 19 
glig} olti|22| 3{14}25| 617/28] 9]20] iligie3} 4}15|26 
glzol 1{i2}23t 4}15|26} 7|18}29] 10j21| 2113 }2i| 5]16]27 
rolar! 2fiat2a} Strel27} sito] ofas {22} 3}ial2s} 6]17/23 
infzal_altg}2a} eliz{23} 9|2o] 1}i2|23} 4]15}26} 27}18]29 
12931 alistae! afistagtiolzi} elistea} stisla7| Blas! o 
ialaa! sttel27} stig} ojti}2z} sfi4}zs] 6fizi2s] gl2ol 1 
14251 elizfes} 9{ao} r{t2fe3} 4]is}26] 7}ig}zsliolai] 2 
13/26} 7/is}29|rofer| 2{13}2i| sliel27| stirs] ofii}ee} 3 
16/271 sli9} olit|22| 3] 14) 25l-6/t7/28} 9]20] i}izf2al 3 
17/931 glau} 1{12}e3} 4] 15]26} 7113]29] 10/21} 2}13}24} 5 
18|29!10}21| 2] 13 a 5116127) 819] 0 nie 31141254 6 
19} ol11}22| 3 ts}2s| 6f17]23} 9/20] 1fi2!2al 4{is| 26] 7 
20} 112123} 4115] 26] 7]18]29] 10} 21} 2 13)2 5\16 {271 8 
ail elreles| slielz7| stig] ofta]a2} 3}14}25] 6]17/28] 9 
22| 3114125] 6117] 28 9|20 1]12}93] 4]15|26] 7] ts}29) 10 
231 4/isl26| alis|2otiofar| 2fis}aa} s}is|27| stig} oft 
24) 5)16)27| 8i19) OF 11} 22 3114)25] GILTI28] Slee; 1] 12 
25) 6} 17/28) 9120) 1) 12)23 4) 15126) 718129110) 2!) 2113 
2g) 7l18{29\tolar} 2las}ea] 5}le|z7| 8ji9} ojit}ee| 3}i4 
27} 119} 0111 |22| 3/14|25] 6|17|23] 9)20] 1jiziz3} 415 
93| 9/20} 1/12/23] 4/15/26] 7|18129|10/21} 2]13)21} 5}16 
Soliolar| 2fi3|2a} stiela7] 8 t9| of11]22) 3]14]25] 6] 17 
olti {az} 3}14}23| @fi7}2a} 9|20] 1/12]23) 4]15] 26} 7/18 
rfiataa! 4/15/26] 7|1s}2o}rof2a| 2}13}24] 5} '6127) 8} 19 
Q a slista7| sli9} oft1 {221 3/14/25] 6117] 25] 9|20 
: | 





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THE ORDER FOR 


DAILY MORNING PRAYER. 


{| The Minister shall begin the Morning Prayer, by reading one or more of 
the following Sentences of Scripture. 


Cpe Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep 
silence before him. Hab. u. 20. 

From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of 
the same, my Name shall be great among the Gentiles ; 
and in every place incense shall be offered untomy Name, 
and a pure offering: for my Name shall be great among 
the heathen, saith the Lorp of hosts. Mal. 1. 11. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my 
heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, O Lorp, my 
strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15. 

When the wicked man turneth away from his wicked- 
ness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is law- 
ful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. 

I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever 
before me. Psalm li. 3. 


Hide thy face from my sins; and blot out all mine ~ 


miquities. Psalm hi. 9. 
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and 
a contrite heart,O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. 
Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto 
the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow 


_to anger, and of great kmdness, and repenteth him of the 


evi. Joel ii. 13. 
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, 


et: : 2 % 4 21 





MORNING PRAYER. 


though we have rebelled against him; neither have we 
obeyed the voice of the Lory our God, to walk in his laws 
which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. 

O Lorp, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine 
anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm 
Wisk: 

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. St. 
Matt. iui. 2. 

I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and 
am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 
18, 19. 

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lorn; for 
in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. 

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God 
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us 
from all unrighteousness. 1 Joni. 8, 9. 


{| Then the Minister shall say, 
EARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in 
sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our mani- 
fold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissem- 
ble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our 
heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, 
penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may ob- 
tain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and 
mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to 
_ acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so 
to do, when we assemble and meet together to render 
Parke for the great benefits that we hates received at his 
_ hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most 
holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and 
necessary, as well for the body as the soul. WhereforeI — 
pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, fo. 
‘accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto 
the throne of heavenly grace, saying— 
22 






MORNING PRAYER. 


A General Confession. 
"| To be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling. 

LMIGHTY and most merciful Father ; We have erred 
and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have 
followed too much the devices and desires of our own 
hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have 
left undone those things which we ought to have done; 
And we have done those things which we ought not to 
have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O 
Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare 
thou those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou 
those who are penitent ; According to thy promises declared 
unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O 
most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may here- 
after live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of 

thy holy Name. Amen. 


* The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins. 

G To be made by the Priest alone, standing ; the people still kneeling. 
LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that 
he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given 
power, and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and 
pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and — 
Remission of their sms. He pardoneth and absolveth all 
those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy 
Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true — 

repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may 


please him which we do at this present; and that the rest 


of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the — 
last we may come to his eternal j eye through Jesus Christ OG 
our Lord. 







Pe, fae 
g ag ae shall answer here, and at the end of every fai i 
ak Amen. 
q Or this. 


4 A LM. curry God, our ey Father, who of his great 
: - meroy hath Peres forgiveness ae sins to all those 
: 23 | 





MORNING PRAYER. 


who, with hearty repentance and true faith, turn unto him; 
Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all 
your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; 
and bring you to everlastmg life; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


G Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord’s Prayer; the People 
still kneeling, and repeating it with him both here, and wheresoever else 
at is used in Divine Service. 


UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done onearth, As 
it is m heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 
trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But. 
deliver us from evil: For thine is the kgdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 


¥ Then likewise he shall say, 
O Lord, open thou our lips. 
Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. 


{| Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, 
Glory be to the Father, aiid to the Son, and to the Holy 
Ghost ; 
Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. 
Mimster. Praise ye the Lord. 
_ Answer. The Lord’s name be praised. 


_ & Then shail be said or sung the following Anthem ; except on those days 


for which other Anthems are appointed ; and except also when it ts used in 
the course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. 


Venite, exultemus Domino. 
COME, let us smg unto the Lorn; let us heartily re- 
joice in the strength of our eileen : 
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and 
- show ourselves glad i in him with seen ty 7 





gods. 
24 


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MORNING PRAYER. 


In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the 
strength of the hills is his also. 

The sea is his, and he made it; jvand his hands prepared 
the dry land. 

O come, let us worship and fall aoe and kneel before 
the Lorp our Maker. 

For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of 
his pasture, and the sheep of his hand, 

O worship the Lorn in the beauty of holiness; let the 
whole earth stand in awe of him. 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and 
with avieueuaanes to judge the world, and the peawie 
with his truth. 


¥] Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one 
of the Selections of Psalms set forth by this Church. And at the end of 
every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedicite, Jubilate 


~\enedictus, Cantate Domino, Bonum est confiteri, Deus misereatur, — 


Bem ‘edic, anima mea—MAY be said or sung the Gloria Patri; and at the 


enw Uf the whole Portion, or Selection of Psalms for the day, SHALL be 


thid or sung the Gloria Patri, or else the Gloria i in excelsis, as followeth, 


Gloria in excelsis. 


LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 


we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee — 


for thy great we O Lord God, heavenly King, God the ; 


Father Almighty. 


O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesus Christ ; OLord God, ° 


Lamb of ‘God, Son of the Father, that takest ae the ee ‘ 


of the orld. have mercy upon us. Thou that takest 
away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou 
that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. 
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, 
. have merey ypon us. 

: ‘For thou” only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou 
ae on ty, 0 Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most ne - the 
| glor: r of ae the Father. Amen. 





MORNING PRAYER. 


G Then shall be read the first Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar. 
g After which shall be said or sung the following Hymn. 


{ Note, That before every Lesson the Minister shall say, Here beginneth 
such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: and after 
every Lesson, Here endeth the first, or the second Lesson. 


Te Deum laudamus. 


E praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be 
the Lord. 
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. 
To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the | 
Powers therein. 
To thee Cherubim and Séraphini continually do ery, 
. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ; 
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory. 
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. 
_ The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. 
_ The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. qe 
_ The holy Church throughout all the world doth oy, ij 6 
ledge thee ; 
_ The Father, of an ‘infinite Majesty ; 
- Yhine adorable, true, and only Son; 
_ Also the Holy Cone the Comforter. 
‘Thou art the King Glory, O Christ. 
_ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. 
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst 
a Pe ahle thyself to be born of a Virgin. 
_» When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou 
_ didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the Glory of 
the Father. 
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou | 
hast redeemed with thy precious blood. i ia 
Make them to be numbered with Gh Saints; i in g ry 
everlasting. 
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage, 
26 









EVENING PRAYER. 


If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God 
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us 
from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9. 


¥ Then the Minister shall say, 
1D ake beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in 
sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our mani- 
fold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissem- - 
ble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our 
heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, 
penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may ob- 
tain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and 
mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to- 
‘knowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so 
5 do, when we assemble and meet kosethier to render 
\ hanks for‘the great benefits that we have received at his 
Pend, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most 
holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and — 
necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore [ — 
pray and beseech you, as many-as are here present, to 
{accompany me with a pure heart, and humble Fore unto a 
the throne of the heavenly grace, PST Hee a Me 


A General Convessions 

q To be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling. i 

LMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred Ms 

and strayed from thy ways like lost hela We have 

followed too much the devices and desires of our own 

hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have 

left undone those thines which we ought to have done; 

P And we. have done ee things which we ought not to 

ve done; And there is no health in us, But theu,/O a 
Tor , have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare 
wt ) God, who Anton their faults. Restore thou 
enitent ; According to thy promises de clared 
in | Christ Jesus our Lord. we grant, e 

35 — 


















EVENING PRAYER. 


most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may here- 
after live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of 
thy holy Name. Amen. 


The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins. 

{| To be made by the Priest alone, standing ; the People still kneeling. 
LMIGHTY God, the Father.of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that 
he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given 
power, and commandment to his Ministers, i declare aud 
pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and 
Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all 
_ those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy 
_ Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true’ 
repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those’ things may 
_ please him which we do at this present ; and that the Test) 
of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the| 







- our Lord. 
{| The People shall answer herc, and at the end ef every Prayer, 
Amen. 
q Or this. 
LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great 
mercy hath pie forgiveness af sins to all those 
who, with hearty repentance and true faith, turn unto him; 
Have merey upon you ; pardon and deliver you from ali 
your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; 
and bring you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 





ms S| Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord’s Prayer ; the People stilt 
kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is 
~~ netsed in Divine Service. 


| on Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Kae. a 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it( 


is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. 


Sf 


last we may come to his eternal joy ; through Jesus Christ” 





EVENING PRAYER. 


against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver 
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 


J Then ltkewise he shall say, 
O Lord, open thou our lips. 
Lous. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. ay... 


¥ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 

Ghost ; . 

Answer. As it was in the begining, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. 

Minister. Praise ye the Lord. 

Answer. The Lord’s name be praised. 

G Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one pa 
of the Sclections, as they are set forth by this Charen; with the ite : 
as in the Morning Service. : 

<% Then shall be read the first Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar. - 


q A fer which shall be said or sung the following Psalm, except when it is Neha 
read in the ordinary course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of he month. 


~ 






’ 


Cantate Domino. ‘Psalm xevii. is 
SING unto the Lorp a new song; for he hath sone. : 
marvellous things. RE ee 

With his own Habe hand, and with his holy arm, hath 
he gotten himself ne Spies 

The, Lorp declared his salvation; his righteousness 
hath he openly showed in the sight ae the heathen. — 

He hath remembered his mercy and truth towayd Yeh 
house of Israel; and all the ends of the world have seen 
the salvation ae our God. es 

Show yourselves joyful unto the oe all ye laid pe 

sing, rejoice, and give thanks. ze 

Praise the Toi upon the harp; sing to the } 
a psalm. of thanksgiving. é 
With reepets “also “and sah O shy 


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37 


EVENING PRAYER. 


Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is; the 
round world, and they that dwell therein. 

Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful 
together before the Lorp ; for he cometh to judge the earth. 

With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the 
people with equity. 





J Or this. 
Bonum est confiteri. Psalm xcii. 


oT j is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lorp, and to 
sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest ; 

To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, and 
of thy truth in the night season ; 

Upon an instrument of ten brides and upon the lute; 
upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.. R 

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy workifs 
and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy 


hands. «| | ; 


i ¢ Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. 
a. And after that, shall be sung or said this Psalm, except on the twelfth 
; day of the month. 


Deus misereatur. Psalm Ixvii. 
OD be merciful unto us, and/bless us, and show us the 
light of his countenance, and be) ri toibal funto) us ; i 
D That thy way may be Acnown Bee eee ‘thy saving 
2 health among all/nations. 
Let the people praise thee, io) God ; “yea, let all the 
' people'praise/thee. 
 Q let the nations rejoice and be; ‘glad; }for thou shalt 
(judge the folk nghteously, and govern the! nations upon 
earth. 
Let the people praise thee, O God; 3 yea, let all the 
e praise thee. 
hall the earth bring: forth her increase ; and God : 
vn God, shall give us his. blessing. EM alee 
less Us; and all the ends of t 



















EVENING PRAYER. 
T Or this. 
Benedic, anima mea. Psalm cit 
pee the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me 
praise his holy name. 

Praise the Lorp, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits ; 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirm- 
ities ; 
Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth 
thee with mercy and loving-kindness. 

O praise the Lorp, ye Angels of his, ye that excel in 
strength ; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken 
unto the voice of his word. Ne 

O praise the Lorp, all ye his hosts; ye servants of his : 
that do his pleasure. ; 

O speak good of the Lorn, all ye cenbs of his, inal 
places of his dominion; praise thou the Lorp, O my soul i 

standing. And any Churches may omit the words, He descended into’ hell, os 

or may, instead of them, use the words, He went into the place of depart d a 

spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning tn the Creed. 


I BELIEVE in ‘God the Father mien Maker ee 
heaven and earth: 
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord ; Who : wa 
conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the tain Mary’ 
Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and | 
buried ; He descended into hell, The third day a rose ‘ipa / 
the ogy He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the’ 
right and of God the Father Almighty ; From thence ly . 
shall come to‘judge the quick and the dead. : 6 
I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church, 
The Communion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins ; The 


Re pa of the body ; And the Life gael Amen. 



















¥ Then shall be satd the Apostles’ Creed by the Minister and the Peopl 


EVENING PRAYER. 


God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds; God of 
God, Light of Light, very God of very God, Begotten, not 
made, Being of one substance with the Father; By whom 
all things were made; Who, for us men, and for our salva- 
tion, came down from heaven, And.was incarnate by the 
Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And 
was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered 
and was buried; And the third day he rose again, accord- 
ing to the Scriptures; And ascended into heaven, And sit- 
teth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come 
again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead ; 


_ Whose kingdom shall have no end. 
__ And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of 
Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who 


with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and 


_ glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one 
_ Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Bap- 
~~ tism: for the remission of sins; And I look for ne resurrec- 

tion of the dead, And the ie of the world to come. 
cs Amen. 


x T And Bae that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling ; the Min- 


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ister first pronouncing, 
oe The Lord be with you. 
_ Answer. And with thy spirit. 
Minster. Let us pray. 


‘ a oO Lord, show thy mercy upon us. 


iesoer. And grant us thy salvation. 


Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us. 


oy Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 





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Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and after that the Colleets and 
Prayers following. 


A Collect for Peace. 

GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, 

and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy eine Se 

that peace, ore the world cannot eires that 0 our hearts — 
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EVENING PRAYER. 


may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by 
thee, we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, 
may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the” 
merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 


A Collect for Aid Against Perils 
LORD, our heavenly Father, by whose Almighty 
power we have been preserved this day; By thy great 
mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night ; 
for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 


A Prayer for the President of the United States, and alla in 
Civil Authority. 

LORD, our heavenly Father, the high and Scam 

Ruler ‘oF the universe, who dost from thy throne — 
behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily wee ; 
beseech thee with thy favor to behold and bless thy ser- — 
vant THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED States, and all 
others in authority; and so replenish them with the grace 
of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to. the | 
will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with — 
ase gifts; grant them in health and prosperity long — 
to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting ] Oy i 
and felicity. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. | 


A Prayer for the Clergy and People. aad 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom cometh | 
every good and perfect gift; Send down upon 2 : 
Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congregations | 
committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of th ee 
grace; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upost” 
them the sontingal dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O 
Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and Mediator, ans | 
Christ. Amen. 4 


A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. 
GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we © 


Y iby beseech thee for all sorts and conditions a 








EVENING PRAYER. 


men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways 
known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. 
More especially we pray for thy holy Church universal; 
that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, 
that all who profess and call themselves Christians may 
be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of 
spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. 
Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those 
who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, 
or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve 
them, according to their several necessities; giving them 
patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of 
all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ’s 
sake. Amen. 

i: A General Thanksgiving. 

- Apmonry God, Father of all mercies, we, thine un- 
% worthy servants, do give thee most kumbis and 
| hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to 
us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, pre- 
% ° paar all the blessings of this life; but above al], 
_ for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world 
ty our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for 
‘the hope of glory. anu: we’ beseech thee, give us that 
Ne sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be 
‘yunfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy 
| praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving 
4 up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in 
Lom and righteousness all our days; through Jesus 
a - Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, 

“de all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 












as 


: 
; A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 
LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this tine 
with one ahentd to make our common supplications. 
unto thee ; and dost promise that when two or three are 
_ gathered py ae in thy Name thou wilt grant their | 
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THE LITANY. 


requests ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of 
thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting 
us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world. 
to come life everlastmg. Amen. 


2 Cor. xii. 14. 
THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with 
us all evermore. Amen. 
Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer. 


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THE LITANY, oe 


OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION, . 63s 

J To be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. % 

GOD the Father of Heaven; have merey upon us 
miserable sinners. 

O God the Father of Heaven ; have mercy Upon Us misery 
able sinners. a 
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world ; have merey 
upon us ramorahie sinners. ‘ 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world ; have mercy upon a 
us miserable sinners. 
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and 
the Son; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 2 
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and . 
the Son ; have mercy wpon us miserable sinners. oe 
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and : 
one God ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. , 
0. holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and — 
one God ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. ue Ag 
eeeber not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of 
our forefathers ; rests take thou vengeance of our sins; - 
‘Spare us, good hen spare thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy ced precious blood, and be not angry — 
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THE LITANY. 


Spare us, good Lord. 

From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts 
and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from ever- 
lasting damnation, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, 
and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all 
uncharitableness, 

-Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all pprtnete and sinful affections; and from all 
the deceits of the-world, the flesh, and the devil, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From iightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, 
and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden 
death, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from 
all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of 

_ heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, 
Good Lord, deliver us. 

By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy 
_ Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and 
_ Temptation, 
Good Lord, deliver us. 
“ _ By thine Aoony and Bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and 
” Passion ; ; by thy precious Death end Burial; by thy 
glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming 
_of the Holy Ghost, 
- Good Lord, deliver us. 
_ Tn all time of our tribulation; in all time of our pros- 
| perity; im the hour of death, and i in the day of judgment, 
Good Lord, deliver us. 
. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God ; 
and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy 
~ Church universal in the right way ; 
t We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
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THE LITANY. 


That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Chris- 
tian Rulers and Magistrates, giving them grace to execute 
justice, and to maintain truth ; 

We beseech thee to‘hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, 
and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of 
thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living 
they may set it forth, and show it accordingly ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, 
peace, and concord ; 

We beseech thee to ace us, good Lord. 

_ That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and 
fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ; 

We aca thee to hear us, good Lord. ef 

That it may please thee to give to all thy people. indrease- 
_ of grace, to hear meekly id Word, and to receive it with 
pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to bring into the way of troth 
all such as have erred, and are deceived ; 

_ We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. : 

That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ; . 4 
and to comfort and help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up 
those who fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our 
feet ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. “ 

That it may please thee to succor, help, and comfort, i 
. all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation : be 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. : 

That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by ; 
land or by water, all women m the perils of childbirth, all ; 
sick persons, and young children; and to show thy pity 
upon all prisoners and captives ; 

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THE LITANY. 


We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the 
fatherless children, and widows, and ‘all who are desolate 
and oppressed ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, perse- 
cutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts ; 

We Beach thee to hear us, good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use 
the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may 
enjoy them ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
_. That it may please thee to give us true repentance ; to 
ae us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and 
- to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend 
- our lives according to thy holy Word ; 
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lind. 
Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 
Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 
~ O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; 
Grant us thy peace. 
_ OLamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; 
_ Have mercy upon us. 3 








Ca The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Prayer, 
ig ‘We humbly beseech thee, O Father,” &c. 


0 Christ, hear us. 

0 Christ hear us. 

Lord, fre mercy upon us. 
Dard, have mercy wpon us. 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
_ Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 


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THE LITANY. 


7 Then shall the Minister, and the People with him, say the Lord’s Prayer, 
UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it 


.is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And 


forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who tres- 
pass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But 


. deliver us from evil. Amen. 


Minister. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. 
Answer. Neither reward us according to our iniquities. 


Let us pray. 
() GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing 
of a ‘contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are 


» sorrowful; Mercifully aaniat our prayers which we make 
before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever 
‘ they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils’ con 


hy 


which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh — 


against us, may, by thy good providence, be brought to — 
nought ; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecu-_ 


tions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy ma 
ehirel through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Q Dal arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name’s sake: 


() GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers 4 


have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst 

in their days, and in the old time before them. 

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honor. 

Glory bed to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 
Ghost ; 

Tae As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

roa our enemies defend us, 0 Christ. 

Graciously look upon our afflictions: 

With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts. 

Mercifully forgive the sins cf thy people. 

Favorably with mercy hear our prayers. 

O Son of David, have mercy upon us. 

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THE LITANY. 


Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. 
Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord 
Christ. 
Minister. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us ; 
- Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. 


Let us pray. 

E humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look 

upon our infirmities ; and, for the glory of thy Name, 
turn from us all those evils that we most justly have 
deserved ; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put 
our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and ever- 
more serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy 
honor and glory ; through our only Mediator and Advocate, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


A General Thanksgiving. 
LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine un- 
worthy servants, do give thee most humble and 
hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to 
us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, pre- 


a servation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, 


for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for 
‘the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that 
due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be un- 


 feignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, 


not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up 
ourselves to. thy service, and by walking before thee in 
holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus 
- Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, 
be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 


| A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 
Ny God, who hast given us grace at this time 
4. with one accord to make our common supplications 
unto thee ; and dost ~romise that when two or three are’ 
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soled 
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PRAYERS. 


gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their 
requests ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of 
thy servants,asmay be most expedient for them ; granting 
us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world 
to come life everlasting. Amen. 


2 Cor. xili. 14. 


HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with 
us all evermore. Amen. 


Here endeth the Litany. 





PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS | 


UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. 


J Tobe used before the two final Prayers of Morning and Evening Service. 





PRAYERS. 
a 
A Prayer for Congress. 


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{ To be used during their Session 


N OST gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for 


the people of these United States in general, so 
especially for their Senate and Representatives in Con- 
gress assembled; That thou wouldest be pleased to direct 
and prosper all their consultations, to the advancement of 
thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honor, and 
welfare of thy people; that all things may be so ordered 
and settled by their endeavors, upon the best and surest 
foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, 
religion and piety, may be established among us for all 
generations. These and all other necessaries, for them, 
for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the 
Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed 
Lord and Saviour. Amen. : 

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PRAYERS. 


For Rain. 

GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ 

hast promised to all those who seek thy kingdom, and 
the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their 
bodily sustenance ; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our 
necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may 
receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy 
honor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Far Weather. 
LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we humbly 
beseech thee, of thy great goodness, to restrain those 
immoderate rains, wherewith, for our sins, thou hast. 
afflicted us. And we pray thee to send us such season- 
able weather, that the earth may, in due time, yield her 
increase for our use and benefit. And give us grace, that 
we may learn by thy punishments to amend our lives, and 
- for thy clemency to give thee thanks and praise; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


In Time of Dearth and Famine. 

GOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the rain 

doth fall, and the earth bring forth her increase ; 
Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people; 
increase the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benedic- 
tion; and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we 
_ now most justly suffer for our sins, may, through thy 
goodness, be mercifully turned into plenty; for the love 
‘of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be all honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen. 


In Time of War and Tumults. 
ALMIGHTY God, the supreme Governor of all things, 
whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it 
belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to 
those who truly repent; Save and deliver us, we humbly. 
beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; that-we, — 
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PRAYERS. 


being armed with thy defence, may be preserved ever- 
more from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver 
of all victory; through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


For those who are to be admitted into Holy Orders. 
J To be used in the Weeks preceding the stated Times of Ordination. 
_LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hast pur- 
chased to thyself an universal Church by the precious 
blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the same, 
and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy 
servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they 
may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and 
wisely make choice of fit persons, to serve in the sacred 
Ministry of thy Church. And, to those who shall be 
ordained to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly 
benediction ; that both by their life and doctrine they may 
show forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all 
men; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


J Or thas. iva 
LMIGHTY God, the giver of all good gifts, who of 
thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in © 
thy Church; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to 
all those who are to be called to any office and adminis- 
tration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth 
of thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life, 
that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of 
thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy Ghee 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


In Time of great Sickness and Mortality. 
ALMIGHTY God, the Lord of life and death, of sick- 
ness and health ; Regard our supplications, we humbly 

beseech thee; and, as thou hast thought fit to visit us for 
our sins with great sickness and mortality, in the midst of 


Wasi jadgment, O Lord, remember mercy. Have pity upon 


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PRAYERS. 


us miserable sinners, and withdraw from us the grievous 
sickness with which we are afflicted. May this thy 
fatherly correction have its due influence upon us, by 
leading us to consider how frail and uncertain our life is; 
that we may apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom 
which in the end will bring us to everlasting life; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For a Sick Person. 


0 FATHER of mercies and God of all comfort, our only 
help in time of need; Look down from heaven, we 
humbly beseech thee, behold, visit, and relieve thy sick 
servant, for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon 
him with the eyes of thy mercy; comfort him with a sense 
of thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the 
enemy ; give him patience under his affliction ; and, in thy 
good time, restore him to health, and enable him to lead 
the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory. Or 
else give him grace so to take thy visitation, that, after 
this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life 
everlasting ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For a Sick Child. 


LMIGHTY God, and merciful Father, to whom alone 

belong the issues of life and death ; Look down from 
heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy, 
upon the sick child for whom our prayers are desired. 
Deliver him, O Lord, in thy good appointed time, from his 
bodily pain, and visit ham with thy salvation; that if it 
should be thy good pleasure to prolong his days here on 
earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy 
glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his 
generation. Or else receive him into those heavenly 
habitations, where the souls of those who sleep in the 
Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, 
O Lord, for the love of thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. - 


Amen. Pe ‘ 


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PRAYERS. 


For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea. 
() ETERNAL God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, 
and rulest the raging of the sea; We commend to thy _ 
Almighty protection, thy servant, for whose preservation 
on the great deep our prayers are desired. Guard him, we 
beseech thee, from the dangers of the sea, from sickness, 
from the violence of enemies, and from every evil to 
which he may be exposed. Conduct him in safety to the 
haven where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy 

mercies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For a Person under Affliction. 


MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father, who hast 

taught usin thy holy Word that thou dost not willingly 
afflict or grieve the children of men; Look with pity, we 
beseech thee, upon the sorrows of thy servant, for whom 
our prayers are desired: In thy wisdom thou hast seen fit 
to visit him with trouble, and to bring distress upon him. 
Remember him, O Lord, in mercy; sanctify thy fatherly 
correction to him; endue his soul with patience under his 
affliction, and with resignation to thy blessed will; com- 
fort ham with a sense of thy goodness; lift up thy counte- 
nance upon him, and give him peace; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Malefactors, after Condemnation. 


J Or else the Prayer in the Visitation of Prisoners, beginning, ‘‘ O Father 
of Mercies,” §c., may be used. 


MOST gracious and merciful God, we earnestly 

beseech thee to have pity and compassion upon 
those persons recommended to our prayers, who now lie 
under the sentence of the law, and are appointed to die, 
Visit them, O Lord, with thy mercy and salvation ; convince 
them of the miserable condition they are in, by their sins 
and wickedness; and let thy powerful grace produce in 


’ them such a godly sorrow, and sincere_repentance, as thou 


wilt be pleased to accept. Give them a strong and lively 


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THANKSGIVINGS. 


faith in thy Son, our blessed Saviour, and make it effectual 


to-the salvation of their souls. O Lord, in judgment 


remember mercy; and whatever sufferings they are to 
endure in this world, yet deliver them, O God, from the 
bitter pains of eternal death. Pardon their sins, and save 
their souls, for the sake and merits of thy dear Son, our 
blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. 


A Prayer to be used at the Meetings of Convention. 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who by thy Holy 
Spirit didst preside in the Corals of the blessed 
Apostles, and hast promised, through thy Son Jesus Christ, 
to.be with thy Church to the end of the world; We 
beseech thee to be present with the Council of thy Church 
here assembled in thy Name and Presence. Save them 
from all error, ignorance, pride, and prejudice; and of 
thy great mercy vouchsafe, we beseech thee, so to direct, 
sanctify, and govern us in our present work ah the Hight? 
power of the Holy Ghost, that the bouiforable Gospel of 


Christ may be truly Shea truly received, and truly ~ 


followed, in all places, to the breaking down the kingdom 

of sin, Saian, and death; till at length the whole of thy 
ispersed snee ein athered into one io s§Na ecome 

dispersed sheep, b pean dint fold, hall b 

partakers of everlasting life; through the merits a eath 

of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen. . 

T During the period of the session of any General or Diocesan Convention, 
the above Prayer may be used by all Congregations of this Church, or of 
the Diocese concerned; the clause ‘here assembled in thy Name and 
Presence,’ being changed to “ now assembled in thy Name and Presence ;” 
and the clause ‘‘ govern usin our present work,” to “ govern them in their 

present work.” 


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THANKSGIVINGS. 
The Thanksgining of Women after Child-birth. 


To be said when any Woman, being present in Church, shall have desired 
to return thanks to Almighty God for her safe deliverance. 


ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks for 
that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, 


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THANKSGIVINGS. 


through the great pain and peril of child-birth, this woman, 
thy servant, who desireth now to offer her praises and 
thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, we beseech thee, most 
merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both 
faithfully ive and walk according to thy will in this life 
present, and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in 
the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Rain. 


GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious 

providence dost cause the former and the latter rain 
to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for 
the use of man; We give thee humble thanks that it hath 
pleased thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last 
a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when 
it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy ser- 
vants, and to the glory of thy holy Name; through thy 
mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Fair Weather. 
LORD God, who hast justly humbled us by thy late 


visitation of us with immoderate rain and waters, and 
in thy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by 
this seasonable and blessed change of weather ; We praise 
and glorify thy holy Name for this thy Bie. and will 
always declare thy loving-kindness from generation to 
generation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Plenty. 

MOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious goodness 

hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and 
turned our dearth and scarcity into plenty ; We give thee 
humble thanks for this thy special bounty; beseeching 
thee to continue thy loving-kindness unto us, that our land 
may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and our 
comfort ; through Jesus Christ our eae Amen. 
5d 


THANKSGIVINGS. 


ie For Peace, and Deliverance from our Enemies. 
ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tower of defence 
unto thy servants against the face of their enemies; 
We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance 
from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were 
compassed. We acknowledge it thy goodness that we 
were not delivered over as a prey unto them; beseeching 
thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us, that all 
the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty 
Deliverer ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Restoring Public Peace at Home. 


() ETERNAL God, our heavenly Father, who alone 
makest men to be of one mind in a house, and stillest 
the outrage of a violent and unruly people; We bless thy 
holy Name, that it hath pleased thee to appease the sedi- 
tious tumults which have been lately raised up amongst 
us; most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us 
grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy 
holy commandments ; and, leading a quiet and peaceable 
life in all godliness and honesty, may continually offer unto 
thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these thy 
mercies towards us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For Deliverance from great Sickness and Mortality. 

LORD God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and 

consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy 
and dreadful visitation ; and now, in the midst of judgment 
remembering mercy, hast redeemed our souls from the 
jaws of death; We offer unto thy fatherly goodness our- 
selves, our sculs and bodies which thou hast delivered, to 
be a living sacrifice unto thee, always praising and magni- 
fying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For a Recovery from Sickness. 
GOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of 
safety; We bless thy Name, that thou hast been 
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pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness this thy servant, 
who now desireth to return thanks unto thee, in the pres- 
ence of all thy people. Gracious art thou, O Lord, and 
full of compassion to the children of men. May his heart 
be duly impressed with a sense of thy merciful goodness, 
and may he devote the residue of his days to an humble, 
holy, and obedient walking before thee; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For a Safe Return from Sea. 


OST gracious Lord, whose mercy is over all thy works ; 
We praise thy holy Name that thou hast been pleased 
to conduct in safety, through the perils of the great deep, 
this thy servant, who now desireth to return his thanks unto 
thee, in thy holy Church. May he be duly sensible of 
thy merciful providence towards him, and ever express his 
thankfulness by a holy trust in thee, and obedience to thy 
laws ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


THE 


COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS, 


TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 


Che Hirst Sunday in Avbent. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away 
the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of 
light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son 
Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the 
last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty 
to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life 
immortal ; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. 
. 57 Ps. 


THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 
J This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in 
f Advent, until Christmas-day. 
The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 8. 


WE no man anything, but to love one another ; for he 
that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law. For this, 
Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou 
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou 
shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, 
itis briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor asthyself. Love worketh no ill to 
his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law. 
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to 
awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at 
hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and 
let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, 
as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in cham- 
bering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But 
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision 
for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xxi. 1. 

HEN they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come 

to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then sent 

Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village 
over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, 
and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 
And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The 
Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send 
them. All this was dines that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the pephee saying, Tell ye the daughter 
of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and 
sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And 
the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them ; 
and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their 
clothes, and they set him Di asaadh And a very great 
multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut 
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down branches from the trees, and sirewed them in the 
way. And the multitudes that went before, and that fol- 
lowed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in 
the highest!) And when he was come into Jerusalem, all 
the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the mul- 
titude said, This is Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth of 
Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and 
cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and 
overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats 
of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, 
My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye 
have made it a den of thieves. 


She Second Sunday in Addvent. 
The Collect. 


LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to 

be written for our learnmg; Grant that we may in 
such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly 
digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy 
Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed 
hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. xv. 4. 


\ HATSOEVER things were written aforetime, were 
G written for our learning ; that we, through patience, 
and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now 
the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like- 
minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus: 
that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, 
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore 
receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the 
glory of God. Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister 
of the Circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the 
_ promises made unto the fathers: and that the Gentiles 
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might glorify,God for his mercy; as it is written, For this 
cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing 
untothy Name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, 
with his people. And again, Praise the Lorp, all ye 
Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. And again Esaias 
saith, There shall be a Root of Jesse, and he that shall 
rise to reign over the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles 
trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through 
the power of the Holy Ghost. 


The Gospel. ‘St. Luke xxi. 25. 

ND there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, 

and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of 
nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring ; 
men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after 
those things which are coming on the earth: for the 
powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they 
see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and 
great glory. And when these things begin to come to 
pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your 
redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a para- 
ble, Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; when they now 
shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that 
summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye 
see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom 
of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This 
generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven 
and earth shall pass away ; but my words shall not pass 
away. 

The Third Sunday in Adbent. 
The Collect. 


LORD Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send 

thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee ; Grant 

that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may 

likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning 
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the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; 
that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be 
found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and 
reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. 1. 
ET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of 
Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. More- 
over, it is required in stewards, that a man be found 
faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I 
should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment; yea, I 
judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself, 
yet am I not hereby justified: but He that judgeth me is 
the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until 
the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden 
things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels 
of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of 
God. | 
The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 2. 


OW when John had heard in the prison the works of 
Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto 
him, Art thou He that should come, or do we look for 
another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and 
show John again those things which ye do hear and see: 
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the 
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised 
up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them: and 
blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. And 
as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes 
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to 
see? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye 
out for to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, 
they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. But 
.what went ye out for tosee? a prophet? yea, I say unto 
you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it 
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is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, 
which shall prepare thy way before ios, 


The Fourth Sunday tn Addent. 

The Collect. 
LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come 
among us, and with great might succor us; that 
whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore 
let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, 
thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and 
deliver us; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, 
to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and 

glory, world without end. Amen. 


The Epistle. Phil. iv. 4. 

EJOICE in the Lord alway; and again I say, Rejoice. 

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The 
Lord:is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every 
thmg, by prayer and supplication with an eee let 
your requests be made known unto God. And the peace 
of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your 
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 


The Gospel. St. John i. 19. 

HIS is the record of John, when the Jews sent Priests 

and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art 
thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, 
Iam not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? 
Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that 
Prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto 
him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them 
that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I 
am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make 
straight the way of the Lorp, as said the prophet Esaias. 
And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And 
they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou 
then, if thou ies not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that 
Prophet? John answered chen saying, I baptize with 

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water: but there standeth One among you, whom ye 
know not; He it is, who, coming after me, is preferred 
before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to 
unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond 

Jordan, where John was baptizing. 
The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birthday of CHRIST, commonly called 

Christmas-dayp. 

The Collect. 
LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only-begotten 
Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time 
to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we, being regen- 
erate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may 
daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 
The Epistle. Heb. i. 1. 
OD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake | 
in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in 
these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath 
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the 
worlds; who (being the brightness of his glory, and the 
express image of his person, and upholding all things by 
the word of his power,) when he had by himself purged 
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on 
high; being made so much better than the angels, as he 
hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than 
they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, 
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And 
again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be tome a 
‘Son? And again, when he bringeth in the First-begotten 
into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God 
worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh 
his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But 
unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and 
ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy 

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kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated 
iniquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee 
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.. And, Thou, 
Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the 
earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands; 
they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall 
wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou 
fold them up, and they shall be changed ; but thou art the 
same, and thy years shall not fail. 
The Gospel. St. John i. 1. 
N the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the 
beginning with God. All things were made by him; and 
without him was not anything made that was made. In 
him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the 
light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended 
it not. There was aman sent from God, whose name was 
John. Thesame came fora witness, to bear witness of the 
Light, that all men through him might believe. He was 
not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 
That was the true Light, which lhghteth every man that 
cometh mto the world. He was in the world, and the 
world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But 
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become 
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his Name: 
which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, 
nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was 
made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, 
the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father,) full of 
grace and truth. 
Che Sunday after Christmas-day. 
The Collect. . 
aieanea ae God, who hast given us thy only-begotten 
Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time 
to be born of a pure virgin; Grant that we being regen- 
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erate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may 
daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same 
our Lord, Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. 
Amen. 
The Epistle. Gal. iv. 1. 
OW I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differ- 
eth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 
but is under tutors and governors, until the time appointed 
of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were 
in bondage under the elements of the world; but when 
the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, 
made of a woman, made under the Law, to redeem them 
that were under the Law, that we might receive the adop- 
tion of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent 
forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, 
Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a 
son; and if a son, then an heir of God, through Christ. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. i. 18. 

HE birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as 
his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they 
came together, she was found with child of the Holy 
Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and 
not willing to make her a public example, was minded to 
put her away privily. But while he thought on these 
things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him 
in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to 
take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is conceived 
in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a 
son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for he shall 
save his people from their sins. (Now all this was done, 
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by 
the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, 
and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name 
Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us.) 
Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of 

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the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife ; 
and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born 
son: and he called his name JESUS. 


Che Gircumctsion of Christ. 
The Collect. 


1 aeoebalia God, who madest thy blessed Son to be 
circumcised, ahd obedient to the Law for man; Grant 
us the true Grea teriediop of the Spirit; that, our ileeatd, 
and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and 
carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; 
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. iv. 8. 
LESSED is the man to whom the Lorp will not impute 
sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the Circum- 
cision only, or upon the Uncirecumcision also? For we 
say, that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 
How was it then reckoned ? when he was in circumcision, 
or in uncircumcision ? Not in circumcision, but in uncir- 
cumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a 
seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet 
being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all 
them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that 
righteousness might be imputed unto them also; and the 
father of circumcision to them who are not of the Circum- _ 
cision only, but also walk in the steps of that faith of our 
father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised, 
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, 
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the Law, but 
through the righteousness.of faith. For if they which are 
of the Law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise 
made of none effect. 


The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 15. 


ND it came to pass, as the angels were gone away 
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one ‘to 
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another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this 
thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made 
known unto us. And they came with haste, and found 
Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying ina manger. And 
when they had seen it, they made known abroad the say- 
ing which was told them concerning this child. And all 
they that heard it wondered at those things which were 
told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these 
things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shep- 
herds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the 
things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto 
them. And when eight days were accomplished for the 
circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, 
which was so named of the angel before he was conceived 
in the womb. 
¥ The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, shall serve for every day after, 
unto the Epiphany. 
The Lpiphany, 
Or the Manifestation of Christ to the Genttles. 
The Collect. 

GOD, who, by the leading of a star did manifest thy 

only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant 
that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life 
have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Eph. ii. 1. 

OR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for 

you Gentiles; if ye have heard of the dispensation of 

the grace of God, which is given me to youward; How 

that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery 
(as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye © 

may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 

which in other ages was not made known unto the 

sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles 

and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentles should be 

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fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his 
promise in Christ, by the Gospel: whereof I was made a 
minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given 
unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, 
who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace 
given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the 
unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see 
what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the 
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created 
all things by Jesus Christ: to the intent that now unto the 
principalities and powers in heavenly places might be 
known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, 
according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in 
Christ Jesus our Lord: in whom we have boldness and 
access with confidence by the faith of him. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 1. 

HEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the 

| days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise 
men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that 
is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the 
East, and are come to worship him. When Herod the 
king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all 
Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the 
chief priests and scribes of the people together, he de- 
~manded of them where Christ should be born. And they 
said unto-him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is writ- 
ten by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of 
Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda ; for out 
of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people 
Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise 
men, inquired of them diligently what time the star ap- 
peared.. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, 
and search diligently for the young child; and when ye 
have found him, bring me word again, that I may come 
and worship him also. When they had heard the king, 
they departed; and, lo, the star which they saw in the 

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East went before them, till it came and stood over where 
the young child was. When they saw the star, they 
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were 
come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary 
his mother, and fell ote and worshipped lim: and when 
they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him 
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being 
warned of God in a dream that they should not return to 
Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 


The First Sunday after the Wptphanp. - 
The Collect. 
LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the 
prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant 
that they may both perceive and know what things they _ 
ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully 
to fulfil the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.~ Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. xii. 1. 

BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of 

God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 
And be not conformed to this world; but be ye trans- 
formed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove 
what is that guod, and acceptable, and perfect will of, God. 
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man 
that is among you, not to think of himself more highly 
than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as 
God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For 
as we have many members in one body, and all members | 
have not the same office ; so we, being many, are one body 
in Christ, and every one members one of another. 

The Gospel. St. Luke i. 41. 


} OW his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the 
feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve 
years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the-custom of 
the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they 
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returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and 
Joseph and the mother knew not of it. But they, suppos- 
ing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey, 
and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaint- 
ance. And when they found him not, they turned back 
again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, 
that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting 
in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking 
them questions. And all that heard him were astonished 
at his understanding and answers. And when they saw 
him, they were amazed; and his mother said unto him, 
Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father 
and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto 
them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I 
must be about my Father’s business? And they under- 
stood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he 
went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was 
subject unto them; but his mother kept all these sayings 
in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, 
and in favor with God and man. 


The Second Sunday after the Wptphanp. 
The Collect. 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all 
things in heaven and earth ; Mercifully hear the sup- 
plications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the 
days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. xii. 6. 
AVING then gifts differmg according to the grace that 
is given to us, whether praoheews let us prophesy 
according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us 
wait on our ministering ; or he that teacheth, on teaching ; 
or he that exhorteth, on exhortation; he that giveth, let 
him do it with piping he that ruleth, with diligence ; 
he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be 
without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave 
to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to an- 
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other with brotherly love ; in honor preferring one another ; 
not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the 
Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing 
instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints ; 
given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you; 
bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, 
and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind 
one towards another. Mind not high things, but con- 
descend to men of low estate. 


The Gospel. St. John ii. 1. 

ND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of 
Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. And 
both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 
And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith 
unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, 
Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not 
yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatso- 
ever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there 
six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying 
of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus 
saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they 
filled them up tothe brim. And he saith unto them, Draw 
out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And 
they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the 
water that was made wme, and knew not whence it was, 
(but the servants which drew the water knew,) the gover- 
nor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, 
Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and 
when men have well drunk, then that which is worse ; 
but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This. begin- 
ning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani- 

fested forth his glory, and his disciples believed on him. 

Che Third Sunday after the Lpiphany. 
The Collect. 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon 
our infirmities, and in all our dangers and ne¢essities 
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stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend ys; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. xii. 16. 
E not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no 
man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight 
of allmen. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, 
live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not 
yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath; for it is 
written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 
Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, 
give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of 
- fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome 
evil with good. 
The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 1. 
HEN he was come down from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. And behold, there came 
a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, 
_ thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, 
and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And 
immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith 
unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, show 
thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses com- 
manded, for a testimony unto them. And when Jesus 
was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a cen- 
turion, beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth 
at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And 
Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The cen- 
turion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou 
shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, 
and my servant shall be healed. For I am aman under 
authority, having soldiers under me: and I say unto this 
man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he 
cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that 
followed, Verily I say unto you, I -have not found so great 


THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 


faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, that many 
shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into 
outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way, 
and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And 
his servant was healed in the self-same hour. 


The Hourth Sunvay after the Gpiphany. — 
The Collect. 


GOD, who knowest us.to be set in the midst of so 

many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty 
of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to 
us such strength and protection, as may support us in all 
dangers, and carry us through all temptations ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. xii. 1. 


ET every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for 
there is no power but of God: the powers that be are 
ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the 
_ power, resisteth the ordinance of God ; and they that resist 
shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not 
a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then 
not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good and 
thou shalt have praise of the same; for he is the minister 
of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, 
be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is 
the es of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him 
that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not 
only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this 
cause pay ye tribute also; for they are God’s ministers, 
attending continually upon this very thing. Render there- 
fore to all their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due, custom 


to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. 
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The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 23: 
ice when he ‘was entered into a ship, his disciples 


followed him. And behold, there arose a great tem- ~ 
pest in the sea, msomuch that the ship was covered with 
‘the waves; but he was asleep. And his disciples came 
to him, a awoke him, saying, Lord, save us, we perish. 
And he saith unto lier, Why are ye fdartodt O ye of little 
faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, 
and there was a pu calm. But the men pe Aa 
saying, What manner of man is this, that even the wikds 
and the sea obey him! And Mien he was come to the 
other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met 
him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, 
exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 
And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do 
with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither 
to torment us before the time? And there was a good 
way off from them an herd of many swine, feeding. So 
the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer 
us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto 
them, Go. And when they were come out, they went 
into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of 
swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and 
perished in the waters. And they that kept them fled, 
and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, 
and what was befalien to the possessed of the devils. And 
behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when 
they saw him, they besought him that he would depart 
out of their coasts. 


The Hifth Sunday after the Lpipbany. 
The Collect. 
LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and 
household continually in thy true religion; that they 
who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace 
may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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The Epistle. Col. ii. 12. 

UT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, 
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, 
meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against 
any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And 
above all these things put on charity, which is the bond 
of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your 
hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body ; and 
be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly 
in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in 
psalms, and hymus, and spiritual songs; singing with 
grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do, 
in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, 

giving thanks to God and the Father , by him. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xiii. 24. 

HE kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which 
sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, 
his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and 
went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and 
brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the 
servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, 
didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence 
then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath 
done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then 
that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay ; lest 
while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat 
with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; 
and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather 
ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to 

burn them ; but gather the wheat into my barn. 


The Sith Sunday atter the Bpiphanp. 
The Collect. 


God, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might 
destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons 


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of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech 
thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, 
even as he is pure; that, when he shall appear again with 
power and great glory, we may be made like unto him in 
his eternal and glorious kingdom; where with thee, O 
Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 


’y The Epistle. 1 St. John ui. 1. 
PEs, what manner of love the Father hath be- 
stowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of 
God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it 
knewehim not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, 
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we 
know, that, when He shall appear, we shall be like him; 
for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath 
this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 
Whosoever committeth sin baaiceset also the Law: 
for sm is the transgression of the Law. And ye know 
that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in 
him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: 
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth 
righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He 
that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth 
from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God 
was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the 
devil. 
The Gospel. St. Matt. xxiv. 23. 
HEN if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, 
or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false 
Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and 
wonders; insomuch that (if it were possible) they shall 
deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. 
Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold he is in the 
desert ; go not forth: Behold, he is in the secret cham- 
bers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of 
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“the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so shall also the 
coming of the Son of Man be. For wheresoever the car- 
case is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Im- 
mediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun 
be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and 
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the 
heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign 
of the Son of Man in heaven ; and then shall all the tribes 
of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man 
coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and ‘great 
glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound 
of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his tt 
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 


The Sunday called Septuagesima, or the 


Shira Sunday hefore Bent. 
The Collect. 
LORD, we beseech thee favorably to hear the prayers 
of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for 
our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, 
for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Sa- 
viour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. } 
The Epistle. 1 Cor. ix. 24. 
NOW ye not, that they which run in a race run all, 
but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye maz 
obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery, is 
temperate m all things. Now they do it to obtain a cor- 
ruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so 
run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth 
the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into sub- 
jection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to 
others, 1 myself should be a cast-away. 


The Gospe.. St. Matt. xx. 1. 


HE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an 


| householder, which went out early in the morning to 
H* Aegan) 


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SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 


hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed 
with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his 
vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw 
others standing idle in the market-place, and said unto 
them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is 
right I will give you. And they went their way. Again 
he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did like- 
wise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and 
found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why at 
ye here all the day idle 2 They say unto va because ; 
no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also 
into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye 
receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vine- 
yard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give 
them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh 
hour, they received every man a penny. But when the 
first came, they supposed that they should have received 
more; and they likewise received every man a nenny. 
And when they had received it, they murmured against 
the good man of the house, saying, these last have wrought 
but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, 
which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But 
he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no 
wrong ; didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take 
that thine is, and go thy way; I will give unto this last 
even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will 
with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because J am good? 
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be 
called, but few chosen. 


The Sunday called Sexagesima, or 
Che Second Sunday hefore Bent. 


The Collect. 


0 LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any 
thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power 
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we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus 
. Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 2 Cor. xi. 19. 

ny = suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a 
man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt 
himself, if a man smite you on the face. I speak as con- 
cerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit, 

whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold 
# also. Are they Hebrews? soamJI. Are they Israelites? 
soamI. Are they the seed of Abraham? soamI. Are 
they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) 1 am more; 
in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in 
prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five 
times received I forty stripes save one; thrice was I beaten 
with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, 
a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeyings 
often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by 
mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils 
in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the 
sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and 
painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in 
fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those 
things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, 
the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not 
weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs 
glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine 
infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 


The Gospel. St. Luke viii. 4. 
EN much people were gathered together, and were 
come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable. 
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, 
some fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and 
the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a 
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rock ; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, 


because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; . 


and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And 
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit 
an hundred-fold. And when he had said these things, he 
cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his 
disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries 
of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that 
seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not 
understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the 
Word of God. Those by the way-side are they that hear; 
then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of 
their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They 
on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the 
word with joy; and these have no root, which, for a while 
believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that 
which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have 
heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and 
pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But 
that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and 
good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth 
fruit with patience. 


The Sunday called Quinquagesima, or the 
Nert Sunday before Bent. 
The Collect. 

LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without 
charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and 
pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the 
very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which who- 
soever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for 

thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. 


(hee I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, 
and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, 
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_or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of 


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prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all know- 
ledge ; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove 
mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And 
though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though 
I give my body to be»burned, and have not charity it 
profiteth me nothing. Charity oageratk long, and is kind ; 
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is aot 
puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly ; pebkerh not 
her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth 
not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; bearenh all 
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth 
all things. Charity never faileth; but whether there be 
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they 
shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish 
away. For we know in part, and we prophecy in part; 
but when that which is perfect is come, then that which 
is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I 
spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a. 
child; but when I became a man, I put away childish 
things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but 
then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I 
know even as alsol am known. And now abideth faith, 
hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is 
charity. 
The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 31. 

lt Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said unto 

them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things 
that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of 
Man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered 
unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully 
entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, 
and put fh to death; and the third day he shall rise - 
again. And they aiflerstond none of these things; and 
this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the 
things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as 

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he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat _ 
by the way-side begging; and hearing the multitude 
pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, 
that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, 
Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. And they 
which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his 
peace; but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, 
have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded 
him to be brought unto him; and when he was come near, 
he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I should do 
unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my 
sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy 
faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his 
sight, and followed him, glorifying God ; and all the people, 
when they saw it, gave praise unto God. 


The first day of Lent, commonly called 
Ash-TH ednesday. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing 
that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all 
those who are penitent ; Create and make in us new and 
contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, 
and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, 
the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


@ This Collect is to be read every day in Lent, after the Collect appointed 
Sor the day. 


Gj At Morning Prayer, the Litany being ended, shall be said the following 
Prayers, immediately before the General Thanksgiving 


() LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, 
and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee; 
that they, whose consciences by sin are accused, by thy 
merciful pardon may be absolved; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. . 


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der LY: 
@ MOST mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast 


compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing that 
thou hast made; who wouldest not the death of a sinner, 
but rather that he should turn from his sin, and be saved ; 
Mercifully forgive us our trespasses; receive and comfort 
us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our 
sins. » thy property is always to have mercy ; to thee only 
it appertaineth to forgive sins. Spare us, therefore, good 
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed ; enter 
not fhito judgment with thy ‘servants, who are vile earth, 
and miserable sinners; but so turn thine anger from us, 
who meekly acknowledge our vileness, and truly repent 
us of our faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, 
that we may ever live with thee in the world to come; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


| Then shail the people say this that followeth, after the Minister. 
URN thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. 
Be favorable, O Lord, Be heals to thy people, Who 
turn to thee rec, fasting, and praying, For thon 
art a merciful God, Full of compassion, Long-suffering, 
and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punish- 
ment, And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy 
people, good Lord, spare them, And let not thine heritage 
be brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy mercy 
is great, And after the multitude ai thy mercies look upon 
us; Thidugh the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son, 
fieas Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Joel i. 12. 


URN ye even to me, saith the Lorn, with all your 
heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with 
mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, 
and turn unto the Lorp your God; for he is gracious and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of ret kindness, and repent- 
eth him ie the evil. Who knoweth if he inal return and 
repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat- 
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offering and a drink-offering unto the Lorp your God? 
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn 
assembly ; gather the people, sanctify the congregation, 
assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that 
suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his 
chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, 
the ministers of the Lorp, weep between the porch and the 
altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lorn, and 
give not thine heritage to reproach, that, the heathen 
should rule over them: wherefore should they say among 


_ the people, Where is their God? 


The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 16. 

aoa ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad 

countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that 
they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto 
you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, 
anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not 
unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : 
and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee 
openly. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves 
break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves trea- 
sures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for 
where your treasure is, there wit your heart be also. 


The Hirst Sunday in Lent. 
The Collect, 
@ LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty 
nights; Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, 
our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey 
thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness, 
to thy honor and glory, who livest and reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 


Amen. 
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The Epistle, 2 Cor. vi. 1. 


E then, as workers together with him, beseech you 

also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and 
in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now 
is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not 
blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the min- 
isters of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, 
in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in 
labors, in watchings, in fastngs; by pureness, by know- 
ledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, 
by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of 
God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and 
on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good 
report ; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet 
well known; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, 
and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, 
yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet pos- 
sessing all things. ; 


The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1. 


Been was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, 
to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted 
forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. 
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be 
the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live 
by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of 
the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the 
holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and 
saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge 
concerning thee ; and in their hands they shall bear thee 
up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not 
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tempt the Lorp thy God. Again, the devil taketh him 
up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all 
the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and 
saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou 
wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto 
him, Get thee hence, Satan! for it is written, Thou shalt 
worship the Lorp thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 
Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and 
ministered unto him. 


Spe Second Sunday tn Dent. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of 

ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both outwardly 

in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be 

defended from all adversities which may happen to the 

body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and 
hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 1. 


E beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord 
Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought 
to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and 
more. For ye know what commandments we gave you 
by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your 
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication ; 
that every one of you should know how to possess his 
vessel in sanctification and honor ; not in the lust of con- 
cupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God. 
that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any 
matter; because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, 
as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God 
hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 
_ He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, 
who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 
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The Gospel.. St. Matt. xv. 21. 


ESUS went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre 
and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came 
out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have 
mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is 
grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not 
aword. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, 
Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered 
and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the 
house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, 
saying, Lord, help me! But he answered and said, It is 
not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to 
dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the 
crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus 
answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: 
be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was 
made whole from that very hour. 


The Third Sunday in Bent. 
The Collect. 


E beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty 

desires of thy humble servants, and_stretch forth 

the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against 
all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Eph. v. 1. 
E ye therefore followers of God, as dear children ; and 
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath 
given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for 
a sweet-smelling savor. But fornication, and all unclean- 
ness, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst 
you, as becometh saints: neither filthiness, nor foolish 
talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient ; but rather 
giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, \% 
nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 


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Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of 
these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children 
of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with 
them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are 
ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light; (for the 
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and 
truth ;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And 
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, 
but rather reprove them. For it isa shame even to speak 
of those things which are done of them in secret. But all 
things that are reproved are made manifest by the light; 
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore 
he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the 
dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 
The Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14. 
ESUS was casting out a devil, and it wasdumb. And 
it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the 


dumb spake ; and the people wondered. But some of them 
said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief 


- of the devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him a 


sign from’heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said 
unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is, brought 
to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. 
If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his 
kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils 
through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out 
devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore 
shall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God 
cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon 
you. Whena strong man armed keepeth his palace, his 
goods are in peace; but when a stronger than he shall 
come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him 
all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 


_ He that is not with me is against me; and he that gather- 


eth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone 
‘out ofa man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; 
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and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house 
whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it 
swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him 
seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they 
enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man 
is worse than the first. And it came to pass, as he spake 
these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up 
her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that 
bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he 
said, Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the Word of 
God, and keep it. 


The Pourth Sunday tn Bent. 
The Collect. 


BAN, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who 
for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, 
by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved ; 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 


The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. 


4 oes me, ye that desire to be under the Law, do ye 
not hear the Law? For it is written, that Abraham 
had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a 
free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman was 
born after the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by 
promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are 
the two covenants; the one from the Mount Sinai, which 
gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is 
Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which 
now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusa- 
lem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; 
break forth and cry, thou that travailest not; for the deso- 
late hath many more children than she which hath an hus- 
band. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children 
of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh 
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it 
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is now. Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture? Cast 
out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the bond- 
woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. 
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, 
but of the free. 


The Gospel. St. John vi. 1. 


ESUS went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea 

of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, 
because they saw his miracles which he did on them that 
were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and 
there he sat with his disciples. And the Passover, a 
feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up 
his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he 
saith unto Philip, whence shall we buy bread, that these 
may eat? (And this he said to prove him; for he himself 
knew what he would do.) Philp answered him, Two 
hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, 
that every one of them may take a little. One of his 
disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, 
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and 
two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was 
much grass in the place. So the men sat duwn, in num- 
ber about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and 
when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, 
and the disciples to them that were set down; and like- 
wise of the fishes as much as they would. When they 
were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the frag- 
ments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they 
gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with 
the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained 
over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those 
men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, 
said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the 
world, . 
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The Hitth Sunday in Bent. 
The Collect. 


E beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look 

upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they 
may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body 
and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lords Amen. 


The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. 
\HRIST being come an High Priest of good things to 


come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not 
made with hands; that is to say, not of this building ; 
neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own 
blood he entered in once into the Holy Place, having 
obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of 
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling 
the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how 
much more shall the blood of Christ, who, Pouch the 
eternal Spirit, offered himself without. spot 46 God, purge 
your conscience from dead works to serve the living God ? 
And for this cause he is the Mediator of the new testa- 
ment, that by means of death, for the redemption of the 
transgressions that were under the first testament, they 
which are called might receive the promise of eternal 
inheritance. 


The Gospel. St. John vii. 46. 


ESUS said, which of you convinceth me of sin? And 


if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He 
that is of God heareth God’s words; ye therefore hear 


them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered 
the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou 
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I 
have not a devil; but I honor my father, and ye do dis- 
honor me. And I seek not mine own glory: there is One 
that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
If aman keep my saying, he shall never see death. Then 
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said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a 
devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou 
sayest, If a man keep: r ny saying, he shall never taste of 
death. Art thou greate: r than our father Abraham, which 
is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom Talks} thou 
thyself? Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is 
nothing : it is my Father that honoreth me; of whom ye 
say, that he is your God. Yet ye have Wh known him; 
but I know him: and if T should say, I know him not, I 
shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him, and veep 
his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my 
day; and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews 
unto him, thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou 
seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, before Abraham was, 1 AM. Then took 
they up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and 
went out of the temple. 






he Sunday nert before aster. 
The Collect. 

LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender 
love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour 
Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer 
death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the 
example of his great humility; Mercifully grant, that we 
may both follow the example of his patience, and also be 
made partakers of his resurrection; through the same 

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Phil. ii. 5. 

ET this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 
who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery 

to be equal with God ; but made. himself of no reputation, 
and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made 
in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion asa 
man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto 
death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also 

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hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is 
above every name ; that at the Name of Jesus every knee 
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and 
things under the earth; and that every tongue shouid 
confess that Jesus Christ is leanap to the glory at God the 
Father. 4% 
The Gospel. St. Matt. xxvii. 1. 
HEN the morning was come, all the chief priests 
and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus 
to put him to death. And when they had.bound him, 
they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate 
the governor. Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when 
he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and 
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests 
and elders, saying, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed 
the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? 
see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver 
in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is 
not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it 
is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought 
with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Where- 
fore that field was called the field of blood, unto this day. 
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the 
prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, 
the price of Him that was valued, whom they of the chil- 
dren of Israel did value; and gave them for the potter’s 
field, as the Lorp appointed me. And Jesus stood before 
the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, Art 
thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, 
Thou sayest. And when he was accused of the chief 
priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then saith 
Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they 
witness against thee? And he answered him never a 
word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto 
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the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had 
then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. Therefore when 
they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them; Whom 
will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which 
is called Christ? For he knew that for envy they had 
delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment- 
seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing 
to do with that just man ; for I have suffered many things 
this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests 
and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask 
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered 
and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I 
release unto you? They said Barabbas. Pilate saith 
unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, which 
is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be 
crucified! And the governor said, Why, what evil hath 
he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him 
be crucified! When Pilate saw that le could prevail 
nothing, but rather that a tumult was made, he took 
water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, 
Iam innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to 
it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be 
on us, and on our children! Then released he Barabbas 
unto them ; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered 
him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor 
took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him 
the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and 
put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a 
crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in 
his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and 
mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews! And they 
spit upon him, and took the reed and smote him upon the 
head. And after that they had mocked him, they took 
the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, 
and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, 
they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they 
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compelled to bear his cross. And when they were come ~ 
unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a 
skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: 
and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And 
they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots ; 
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, 
They parted my garments among them, and upon my 
vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched 
him there; and set up over his head his accusation writ- 
ten, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then 
were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the 
right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed 
by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou 
that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, 
save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from | 
the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, 
with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself 
he cannot save. Ir he be the King of Israel, let him now 
come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He 
trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have 
him: for he said, Iam the Son of God. The thieves also, 
which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the 
land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli! Eli! lama sabach- 
than.? that is to say, my God! my God! why hast thou 
forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they 
heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straight- 
way one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with 
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gaye him to drink. The 
rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to 
save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud 
voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the vail of the 
‘temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and 
the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves 
were opened; and many bodies of saints which slept 
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arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, 
and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, 
watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that 
were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the 
Son of God. 


PAonvday before Waster. 
For the Epistle. Isa. lxii. 1. 


HO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed gar- 
ments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his 
apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that 
speak in righteousness, mighty to save.. Wherefore art 
thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that 
treadeth in the wine-fat? I have trodden the wine-press 
alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I 
will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my 
fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my gar- 
ments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of 
vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed 
iscome. And I looked, and there was none to help; and 
I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine 
own arm brought salvation unto me: and my fury, it 
upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine 
anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring 
down their strength to the earth. I will mention the 
loving-kindnesses of the Lorp, and the praises of the 
Lorp, according to all that the Lorp hath bestowed on 
us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, 
which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, 
and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses. 
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will 
not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their afflictions he 
was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: 
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them ; and he bare 


them, and carried them all the days ofvold. But they re- 


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belled, and vexed his Holy Spirit ; therefore he was turned 
to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Then he 
remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, say- 
ing, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with 
the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his Holy 
Spirit within him? that led them by the right hand of 
Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before 
them, to make himself an everlasting Name? that led 
them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, 
that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down 
into the valley, the Spirit of the Lorp caused him to rest ; 
so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious 
Name. Look down from heaven, and behold from the 
habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy 
zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of 
thy mercies towards me? are they restrained? Doubtless | 
thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, 
and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lorp, art our 
Father, our redeemer: thy Name is from everlasting. O 
Lorn, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and 
hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy ser- 
vants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. The people 
of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our 
adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. We are 
thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not 
called by thy Name. 


The Gospel. St. Mark xiv. 1. 
FTER two days was the feast of ‘tne Passover, and of 

unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the 
scribes sought how they might take him by eraft, and put 
him to death. But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest 
there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany, 
in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there 
came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of 
spikenard, very precious; and she brake the box, and 
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indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this 
waste of the ointment made? for it might have been sold 
for more than three hundred pence, and have been given 
tothe poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus 
said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She hath 
wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with 
you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; 
but me ye have not always. She hath done what she 
could; she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the 
burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel 
shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also 
that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial 
of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto 
the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And when 
they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him 
money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray 
him. And the first day of unleavened bread, when they 
killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where 
wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat 
the passover? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 
and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall 
meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him. 
And wheresoevor he shall go in, say ye to the good man 
of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest-cham- 
ber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 
And he will show you a large upper room furnished and 
prepared: there make ready for us. And his disciples 
went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had 
said unto them; and they made ready the passover. And 
in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And as they 
‘sat, and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, one 
of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they 
- began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him, one by one, 
Is it 1%? And another said, Is it I[% And he answered 
and said unto them, It.is one of the twelve that dippeth 
with me in the dish. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it 
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is written of him: but wo to that man by whom the Son 
of Man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had 
never been born. And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, 
and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, 
Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and 
when he had.given thanks, he gave it to them: and they 
all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood 
of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I 
say unto you, [ will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, 
until that day that I drink it new in the Kingdom of God. 
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into 
the Mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye 
shall be offended because of me this night: for it is 
written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall 
be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before 
you into Galilee. But Peter said unto him, Although all 
shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto 
him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this 
night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should 
die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise 
also said they all. And they came toa place which was 
named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye 
here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter 
and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and 
to be very heavy; and saith unto them, My soul is ex- 
ceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 
And he went forward a little, and on the ground, 
and prayed that, if it were possiblaiftha hour might pass 
from him. And he said,. Abba, Father, a all things are - 
possible unto thee ; take away this cup from me: never- 
theless, not what T will, but what thou wilt. And he 
cometh, and findeth rar sleeping, and saith unto Tepe 
Simon, eset thou? couldest not thou watch one hou 

_ Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. - 
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went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. And 
when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for 
their eyes were heavy;) neither wist they what to answer 
him. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, 
Sleep on now, and take your rest: It is enough, the hour 
is come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the 
hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth 
me is at hand. And immediately, while he yet spake, 
cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great 
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests 
and the scribes and the elders. And he that betrayed 
him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall 
kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away 
safely. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straight- 
way to him, and saith, Master, Master; and kissed him. 
And they laid their hands on him, and took him. And 
one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a 
servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus 
answered and said unto them, Are ye come out as against 
a thief, with swords, and with staves, to take me? I was 
daily with you in the temple, teaching, and ye took me 
not: but the Scriptures must be fulfilled. And they all 
forsook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain 
young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked 
body ; and the young men laid hold on him. And he left 
the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. And they led 
Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assem- 
bled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 
And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of 
the high priest ; and he sat with the servants, and warmed 
himself at the fire. “And the chief priests, and all the 
council, sought for witness against Jesus to put him to 
death; and found none. For many bare false witness 
against him, but their witness agreed not together. And 
_ there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, 
saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that 


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is made with hands, and within three days I will build 
another made without hands. But neither so did their 
witness agree together. And the high priest stood up 
in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou 
nothing? what is it which these witness against thee ? 
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the 
high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou 
the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I 
am: and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the 
right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What 
need we any further witness? ye have heard the blas- 
phemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him 
to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him, 
and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto 
him, Prophesy. And the servants did strike him with the 
palms of their hands. And as Peter was beneath in the 
palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest ; 
and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked 
upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of 
Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither 
understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the 
porch: and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, 
and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of 
them. And he denied it again. And a little after, they 
that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of 
them; for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth | 
thereto. But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I 
know not this man of whom Ye speak. And the second time 
the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that 
Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. 


Tuesday before Waster. 
For the Epistle. Isa. I. 5. bee 
sia Lord Gop hath opened mine ear, and I was not: 
se ellious, neither turned away back. I gave my 
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back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked 
off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 
For the Lord Gop will help me; therefore shall I not be 
confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, 
and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that 
justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand 
together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to 
me. Behold, the Lord Gop will help me; who is he that 
shall condemn me? Lo, they all shall wax old as a gar- 
ment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you 
that feareth the Lorp, that obeyeth the voice of his ser- 
vant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let 
him trust m the Name of the Lorn, and stay upon his 
God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass 
yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your 
fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall 
ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. 


The Gospel. St. Mark xv. 1. 

ND straightway in the morning the chief priests held 

a consultation with the elders and scribes, and the 
whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, 
and delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art 
thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto 
him, Thou sayest it. And the chief priests accused him 
of many things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate 
asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold 
how many things they witness against thee. But Jesus 
yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. Now 
at that feast, he released unto them one prisoner, whomso- 
ever they desired. And there was one named Barabbas, 
which lay bound with them that had made insurrection 
with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 
And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do 
as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate answered 
them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of 
the Jews? (For he knew that the chief priests had deliv- 

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ered him for envy.) But the chief priests moved .the 
people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. 
And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will 
ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King 
of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify him! 
Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? 
And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him! 
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barab- 
bas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged 
him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into 
the hall, called Pretorium; and they called together the 
whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and 
platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, and 
began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they 
smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon 
him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when 
they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, 
and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify 
him. And they compel one Simon a Cyrenean, who 
passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alex- 
ander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him 
unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The 
place of a skull. And they gave him to drink wine min- 
giled with myrrh; but he received it not. And when they 
had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots 
upon them, what every man should take. And it was the 
third hour, and they crucified him. And the superscrip- 
tion of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF 
THE JEWS. And with him they crucify two thieves ; 
the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 
And the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was 
numbered with the transgressors. And they that passed 
by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, 
thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three 
days, save thyself, and come down from the cross. Like- 
wise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves 
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with the scribes, He saved others ; himself he cannot save. 
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, 
that we may see and believe. And they that were cruci- 
fied with him reviled him. And when the sixth hour was 
come, there was darkness over the whole land until the 
ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a 
loud voice, saying, Eloi! Eloi! lama sabachthani? which 
is, being interpreted, My God! my God! why hast thou 
forsaken me? And some of them that stood by, when 
they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. And one 
ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a- 
reed, and gave him to drink; saying, Let alone ; let us see 
whether Elias will come to take him down. And Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the 
vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the 
bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over 
against him, saw that he so cried out,.and gave up the 
ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 


@Hennesvay before Waster. 
The Epistle. Heb. ix. 16. 


HERE a testament is, there must also of necessity 

be the death of the testator.. For a testament is of 

force after men are dead ; otherwise it is of no strength at 
all whilst the testator liveth. Whereupon neither the first 
testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses 
had spoken every precept to all the people according to 
the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with 
water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the 
book and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the 
testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, 
he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and 
all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are 
by the Law purged with blood; and without shedding of 
blood is noremission. It was therefore necessary that the 
patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with 

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these; but the heavenly things themselves with better 
sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the 
holy places made with hands, which are the figures of 
the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the 
presence of God for us. Nor yet that he should offer 
himself often, as the high priest entereth into the Holy 
Piace every year with blood of others; (for then must he 
often have suffered since the foundation of the world ;) 
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to 
put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is 
appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judg- 
ment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of 
many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear 
the second time without sin unto salvation. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xxi. 1. 

OW the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which 

is called the Passover, And the chief priests and 
scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared 
the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed 
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he 
went his way, and communed with the chief priests and 
captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they 
were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he 
promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto 
them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the 
day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be 
killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and pre- 
pare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said 
unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he 
said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, 
there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; 
follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye 
shall say unto the good man of the house, The Master saith 
unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat 
the passover with my disciples? And he shall show you 
a iarge upper room furnished: there make ready. And 
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they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they 
made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, 
he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he 
said unto them, With desire [ have desired to eat this 
passover with you before I suffer. For I say unto you, I 
will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the 
Kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, 
and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For 
I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until 
the Kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and 
gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, 
This is my body which is given for you: this do in remem- 
brance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, say- 
ing, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is 
shed for you. But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth 
me is with me on the table. And truly the Son of Man 
goeth as it was determined: but wo unto that man by 
whom he is betrayed! And they began to inquire among 
themselves, which of them it was that should do this 
thing. And there was also a strife among them, which 
of them should be accounted the greatest. . And he said 
unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship 
over them; and they that exercise authority upon them 
are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he 
that is greatest amongst you, let him be as the younger; 
and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether 
is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is 
not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he 
that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me 
in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, 
as my Father hath appomted unto me; that ye may eat 
and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, 
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord said, 
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, 
that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for 
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strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I 
am ready to go with thee, both into prison and to death. 
And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow 
this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou 
knowest me. And he said unto them, When I sent you 
without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything ? 
And they said, nothing. Then-said he unto them, But 
now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise 
his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his gar- 
ment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is 
written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was 
reckoned among the transgressors: for the things con- 
cerning me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, 
here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. 
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the Mount 
of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when 
he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray, that ye 
enter not into temptation. And he was. withdrawn from 
them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayea, 
saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from 
me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done. And 
there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strength- 
ening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more 
earnestly ; and his sweat was as it were great drops of 
blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up 
from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them 
sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? 
rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And while 
he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called 
Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew 
near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, 
Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man witha kiss? When 
they which were about him saw what would follow, they 
said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? and 
one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut 
off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer 


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ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. 


Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the 
temple, and the elders which were come to him, Be ye 
come out as against a thief, with swords and staves? 
When I[ was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched 
forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the 
power of darkness. Then took they him, and led him, 
and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter 
followed afar off. And when they had’ kindled a fire in 
the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter 
sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him 
as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and 
said, This man was also with him. And he denied him, 
saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little while 
another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And 
Peter said, Man, lam not. And about the space of one 
hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth, 
this fellow also was with him; for he isa Galilean. And 
Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And im- 
mediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the 
Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remem- 
bered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, 
Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And 
Peter went out and wept bitterly. And the men that held 
Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And when they had 
blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked 
him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? And 
many other things blasphemously spake they against him. 
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and 
the chief priests, and the scribes, came together, and led 
him into their council, saying, Art thou the Christ? tell 
us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not 
believe: and if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor 
let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right 
hand of the power of God. Then said they all, Art thou 
then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say, 


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that I am. And they said, What need we any further 
witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. © 


Thursday before Baster. 
The Epistle. 1 Cor. xi. 17. 


N this that I declare unto you, I praise you not, that ye 
come together not for the better, but for the worse. 
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I 
hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly 
believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, 
that they which are approved may be made manifest 
among you. When ye come together therefore into one 
place, this is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. For in 
eating every one taketh before other his own supper; and 
one is hungry, and another is drunken. What! have ye 
not houses to eat. and to drink in? or despise ye the church 
of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say 
to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. For 
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered 
unto you. That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he 
was betrayed, took bread: and when he had given thanks, 
he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which 
is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After 
the same manner also he took the cup, when he had sup- 
ped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: 
this do ye, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye 
do show the Lord’s death till he come. Wherefore, who- 
soever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, 
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the 
Lerd. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat 
of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth 
and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to 
himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this cause 
many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 
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But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, 
that we should not be condemned with the world. 
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, 
tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him 
eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemna- 
tion. And the rest will I set in order when I come. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xxiii. 1. 


‘hex whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto 
Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We 
found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to 
give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a 
king. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King 
of the Jews? And he answered him, and said, Thou 
sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the 
people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the 
more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching 
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. 
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man 
were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew that he be- 
longed unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, 
who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. And 
when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he 
was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had 
heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen 
some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with 
him in many words; but he answered him nothing. And 
the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused 
him. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, 
and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and 
sent him again to Pilate. And the same day Pilate and 
Herod were made friends together; for before they were 
at enmity between themselves. And Pilate, when he had 
called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the 
people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto 
me, as one that perverteth the people: and behold, I, 
having examined him before you, have found no fault in 
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this man, touching those things whereof ye accuse him. 
No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him ; and lo, nothing 
worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chas- 
tise him, and release him. (For of necessity he must 
release one unto them at the feast.) And they cried out 
all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto 
us Barabbas: (who for a certain sedition made in the city, 
and for murder, was cast into prison.) Pilate therefore, 
‘willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But they 
eried, saying, Crucify him! crucify him! And he said 
unto field the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? 
I have found no cause of death.in him: I will therefore 
chastise him, and let him go. And they were instant 
with loud voices, requirmg that he might be crucified: 
and the voices of them, and of the chief priests prevailed. 
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they re- 
quired. And he released unto them him that for sedition 
and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired ; 
but he delivered Jesus to their will. And as they led him 
away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenean, coming 
out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he 
might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great 
company of people, and of women, which also bewailed 
and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them, said, 
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep oe 
yourselves, and for your children. For hohal the days 
are coming, in the which they shall say, Blswsed are the 
barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps 
which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to 
mountains, Fallon us! and to the hills, Cover us! For 
if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done 
in the dry? And there were also two others, malefactors, 
led with him to be put to death. And when they were 
come to the place which is called Calvary, there they 
crucified him, and the malefactors; one on the right hand, 
and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, for- 


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give them; for they know not what they do. And they 
parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood 
beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, 
saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he 
be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also 
mocked tien coming to him, and offering him: vinegar, 
and saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thy self. 
And a superscription also was written over jie, 3 in letters 
of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING 
OF THE JEWS. And one of the nates which were 
hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save 
thyself and us. But the.other answering, vata him, 
saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the 
same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we 
receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath 
done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, re- 
member me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And 
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt 
thou be with me in Paradise. And it was about the sixth 
hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until 
the nmth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the vail 
of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus 
had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy 
hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he 
gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion saw what 
was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a 
righteous man. And all the people that came together to 
that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote 
their breasts and returned. And all his acquaintance, 
and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar 
off, beholding these things. 
Goov Friday. 
The Collects. 

LMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously to behold 

this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was 
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wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who now 
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 


| LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the 

- whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified ; 

Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer 

before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that 

every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, 

may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 


@ MERCIFUL God, who hasMhade all men, and hatest 
nothmg that thou hast made, nor desirest the death 
of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and 
live ; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and 
- Heretics; and take from them all ignorance, hardness of 
heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them 
home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved 
among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made 
one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 


The Epistle. Heb. x. 1. 


‘Me Law having a shadow of good things to come, and 
not the very image of the things, can never, by those 
sacrifices which they offered year by year continually, 
make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they 
not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers 
once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made 
of sinsevery year. For it is not possible that the blood of 
bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, 
when He cometh into-the world, he saith, Sacrifice and 
offermg thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared 
me: in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had 
no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of 
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the book it is written of me) to do thy will,O God. Above, 
when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and 
offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure 
therein ; which are offered by the Law; then said he, Lo, 
I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, 
that he may establish the second. By the which will we 
are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus 
Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily min- 
istering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which 
can never take away sins: but this Man, after he had 
offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever, sat down on the 
right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his ene- 
mies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath 
perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the 
Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had 
said before, This is the covenant that I will make with 
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws 
into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them ; 
and their sms and iniquities will I remember no more. 
Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering 
for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter 
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living 
way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, 
that is to say, his flesh; and having an High Priest over 
the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart, in 
full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from 
an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure 
water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without 
wavering: (for he is faithful that promised ;) and let us 
consider one another to provoke unto love and to good 
works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, 
as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: 
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 


The Gospel. St. John xix. 1. 


ILATE therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And 
the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on 
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his head, and they put on him apurple robe, and said, 
Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their 
hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto 
them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may 
know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, 
wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And 
Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief 
’ priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, 
saying, Crucify him! crucify him! Pilate saith unto 
them, Take ye him, and crucify him; for I find no fault 
in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and 
by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the 
Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he 
was the more afraid: and went again into the judgment- 
hall, and saith unto Jesus, whence art thou? But Jesus 
gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speak- 
est thou not untome? knowest thou not that I have power 
to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus 
answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, 
except it were given thee from above: therefore he that 
delivered me unto thee hath the greater sn. And from 
thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews 
eried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not 
Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king, speak- 
eth against Cesar. When Pilate therefore heard that 
saying, he brought Jesus forth; and sat down in the judg- 
ment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in 
the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the 
Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto 
the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away 
with him! away with him! crucify him! Pilate saith 
unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests 
answered, We have no king but Cesar. Then delivered 
he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they 
took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross 
went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which 


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is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha ; where they crucified 
him, .and two others with him, on either side one, and 
Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it 
on the cross. And the writmg was, JESUS OF NAZA- 
RETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read 
many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was cruci- 
fied was nigh to the city: and it was written m Hebrew, 
and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the 
Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that 
he said, [am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I 
have written, I have written. Then the soldiers, when 
they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made 
four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now 
the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, 
but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the Scripture 
might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment 
among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These 
things therefore the soldiers did. Now there stood by the 
cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary 
the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus 
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, 
whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold 
thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy 
mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto 
hisown home. After this, Jesus knowing that all things 
were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be ful- 
filled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of 
vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it 
upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus there- 
fore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and 
he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews 
therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies 
should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for 
that sabbath-day was an high day,) besought Pilate that 
their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken 


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away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the 
first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But 
when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead 
already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers 
with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout 
blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and 
his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that 
ye might believe. For these things were done, that the 
Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be 
broken. And again another Scripture saith, They shall 
look on him whom they pierced. 


Waster=Wben. 
The Collect. 


pean, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death 
of thy. blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by 
continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be 
buried with him; and that through the grave, and gate 
of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection ; for his 
merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iii. 17. 

T is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for 

well-doing, than for evil-doing. For Christ also hath 
once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he 
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but 
quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and 
preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were 
disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited 
in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing; 
wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 
The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now 
save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, 
but the answer of a good conscience towards God,) by the 
resurrection of Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven, 

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and is on the right hand of God; angels, and authorities, 
and powers being made subject unto him. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xxvii. 57. 


HEN the even was come, there came a rich man of 
Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was 
Jesus’s disciple: he went to Pilate, and begged the body 
of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be deliv- 
ered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped 
it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, 
which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great 
stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And 
there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting 
over against the sepulchre. Now the next day, that fol- 
lowed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and 
Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we 
remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, 
After three days I will rise again. Command therefore 
that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest 
his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say 
unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last 


error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, { 
Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye © 


can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing — 


the stone and setting a watch. 


Gaster=Day. 


G At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, &c., 
these Anthems shall be sung or said. 


HRIST our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let 


' us keep the feast ; 

Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of 
malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread 
of sincerity anddruth. 1 Cor. v. 7. 

HRIST being raised from the dead, dieth no more; 

death hath no more dominion over him. 

For in that he died, he died unto sin once ; but in thats 
he liveth, he liveth ie God. 

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Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed 
unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Rom. vi. 9. 

HRIST is risen from the dead, and become the first- 

fruits of them that slept. 

For smce by man came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. . 

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be 
made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20. 


The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son 
Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto 
us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, 
that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put 
into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we 
may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 

Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 


The Epistle. Col. ii. 1. 

F ye then be risen with Christ, seek those thmgs which 

are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of 
God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on 
the earth. For ye are dead, and your hfe is hid with 
Christ in God. When Christ, who is our hfe, shall appear, 
then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify 
therefore your members which are upon the earth; forni- 
cation, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupi- 
scence, and covetousness, which is idolatry; for which 
things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on: the children of 
disobedience: in the which ye also walked sometime, 
when ye lived in them. 


The Gospel. St. John xx. 1. 
: fie first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene 
+t early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and 
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seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then 
she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other 
disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They 
have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we 
know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore 
went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepul- 
chre. So they ran both together; and the other disciple 
did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And 
he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes 
lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter 
following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the 
linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, 
not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in 
a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple 
which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and 
believed. Foras yet they knew not the Scripture, that he 
must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went 
away again unto their own home. 


PFAonday in Gaster Teck. 
The Collect. j 


LMIGHTY GOD, who through thine only-begotten 
L Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened 
unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech 
thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost 
put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help 
we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. 

pee opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I per- 

ceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in 
every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteous- 
ness, is accepted with him. The Word which God sent 
unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus 
Christ, (he is Lord of all,) that Word, I say, ye know, 

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which was published throughout all Judea, and began 
from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached ; 
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost 
and with power: who went about doing good, and healing 
all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with 
him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did 
both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom 
they slew and hanged on a tree. Him God raised up the 
third day, and showed him openly ; not to all the people, 
but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who 
did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. 
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to 
testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the 
Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the Prophets 
witness, that through his Name whosoever believeth in 
him shall receive remission of sins. 


The Gospel. St Luke xxiv. 13. 
EHOLD, two of his disciples went that same day toa 
village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem 
about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of 
all these things which had happened. And it came to 
pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, 
Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their 
eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he 
said unto them, What manner of communications are these 
that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And 
the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering 
said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and 
hast not known the things which are come to pass there in 
these days? And he said unto them, What things? And 
they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which 
was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God, and 
all the people ; and how the chief priests and our rulers 
delivered him tou be condemned to death, and have cruci- 
fied him. But we trusted that it had been he which 
should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to-day 
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is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and 
certaim women also of our company made us astonished, 
which were early at the sepulchre ; and when they found 
not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen 
a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And 
certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, 
and found it even so as the women had said; but him they 
saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of 
heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! Ought 
not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into 
his glory? And beginning at Moses, and all the Prophets, 
he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things 
concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village 
whither they went; and he made as though he would 
have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, 
Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is 
far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it 
came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their 
eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished 
out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not 
our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the 
way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures? And 
they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, 
and found the eleven gathered together, and them that 
were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and 
hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were 
done in the way, and how he was known of them in break- 
ing of bread. 


Tuesday tn Gaster=TBeck, 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son 

Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto 

us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, 

that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put 
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into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we 
may bring the same to good effect ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Acts xii. 26. 


EN and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, 
and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the 
word of this salvation sent. For they that dwell at Jerusa- 
lem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet 
the voices of the Prophets which are read every sabbath- 
day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And 
though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired 
they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had 
fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down 
from the tree, and laid him inasepulchre. But God raised 
him from the dead: and he was seen many days of them 
which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who 
are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto 
you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made 
unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their 
children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is 
also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this 
day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he 
raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to 
corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure 
mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another 
Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see cor- 
ruption. For David, after he had served his own genera- 
tion by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto 
his fathers, and saw corruption: but he, whom God raised 
again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, 
men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto 
you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe 
are justified from all things, from which ye could not be 
justified by the law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest that 
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come upon you, which is spoken in the Prophets: Behold, 
ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for 1 work a work 
in your days, a work phils ye shall in no wise behowny 
though a man declare it unto you. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xxiv. 36. 


ESUS himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto 

them, Peace be unto you! But they were terrified 
and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 
And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why 
do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and 
my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; fora 
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And 
when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands 
and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, 
and wondered, he said unto them Have ye here any 
meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, 
and of an honey-comb. And he took it, and did eat 
before them. And he said unto them, These are the 
words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, 
that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the 
Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, 
concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, 
that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto 
them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to 
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; and that 
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in 
his Name, among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 
And ye are witnesses of these things. 


She Pivst Sunvay after Laster. 
The Collect. 
LMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine only Son to 
die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification ; 
Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wicked- 


ness, that we may always serve thee in pureness of living 
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and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. John v. 4. 


HATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world ; 
and this is the victory that overcometh the world, 
even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but 
he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he 
that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ ; not by 
water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit 
that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For 
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, 
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 
And there are three that bare witness in earth, the spirit, 
and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in 
one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of 
God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he 
hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son 
of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not 
God hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the 
record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, 
that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in 
his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that 
hath not the Son of God hath not life. 


The Gospel. St. John xx. 19. 


HE same day at evening, being the first day of the 

week, when the doors were shut where the disciples 
were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood ° 
in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you! 
And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands 
and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they 
saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be 
unto you! as my Father hath sent me, even so send I 
you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and 
saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost Whosesoever 

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sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose- 
soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 


She Secons Sunday after Baster. 


The Collect. 
LMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be 


unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample 
of godly life; Give us grace that we may always most 
thankfully receive that his mestimable benefit, and also 
daily endeavor ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his 
most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 19. 


HIS is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward 

God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what 
glory is it,.if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall 
take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for . 
it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For 
even hereunto were ye called ;, because Christ also suffered 
for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his 
steps; Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his 
mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; 
when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed 
himself to Him that judgeth righteously: who his own 
self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, 
being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by 
whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep 
. going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd 
and Bishop of your souls. 


The Gospel. St. John x. 11. 


7 eee said, I am the good shepherd: the good shep- 

herd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is 

an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep 

are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leayeth the sheep and 
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fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the 
sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, 
and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, 
and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the 
Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and [ 
lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, 
which are not of this fold: them alsoI must bring, and 
they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, 
and one shepherd. 


The Third Sunday after Waster. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, who showest to them that are in error 
the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may 
return into the way of righteousness ; Grant unto all those 
who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s Religion, 
that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their 
profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to 
the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ui. 11. 


EARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pil- 

grims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against 
the soul; having your conversation honest among the 
Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil- 
doers, they may by your good works which they shall 
behold, glorify God i in the day of visitation. Submit your- 
selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: 
whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, 
as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of 
evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For 
so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to 
silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not 
using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the 
servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. 
Fear God. Honor the king. 

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The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16. _ 
TESUS said to his disciples, A little while, and ye shall 
not see me, and again, a little while, and ye shall see 
me, because I go to the Father. Then said some of his 
disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith 
unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me; and 
again, a little while, and ye shall see me; and, Because I 
go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that 
he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and 
said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I 
said, A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, 
a little while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world 
shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow 
shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail 
_ hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as 
she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more 
the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you 
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man 
taketh from you. 


The Pourth Sunday after Waster. 
The Collect. 

@ ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly 

wills and affections of sinful men: Grant unto thy 
people, that they may love the thing whet on com- 
mandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that 
so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, 
our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are 
to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. St. James i. 17. 
3 ee good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 
and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with 
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of 
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his own will begat he us with the Word of truth, that we 
should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Where- 
fore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, 
slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man 
worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay 
apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and 
receive with meekness the ingrafted Word, which is able 
to save your souls. 


The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. 


ESUS said unto his disciples, Now I go my way to Him 
that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither 
goest thou? But because J have said these things unto 
you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell 
you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away: for 
if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; 
but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he 
is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not 
on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and 
ye see me no more ; of judgment, because the prince of this 
world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, 
but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he, the 
Spirit of Truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: 
for he shall net speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall 
hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to 
come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, 
and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father 
hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
and shall show it unto you. 


She Hifth Sunvay after Gaster. 
The Collect. 
LORD, from whom all good things do come; Grant 
to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration 
we may think those things that are good, and by thy mer- 
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ciful guiding may perform the same ; ee our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 


The Epistle. St. James 1. 22. 
m* ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving 


your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the Word, 
and not a doer, he iis like unto a man beholding his natural 
face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his 
way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he 
was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, 
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, 
but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his 
deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and 
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this 
man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before 
God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and 
widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted 
from the world. 


The Gospel. St. John xvi. 23. 

ERILY, Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask 

the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto 
have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall 
receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I 
’ spoken unto you in proverbs: the time cometh when J shall 
no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you 
plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my 
Name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father 
for you; for the Father himself loveth you, becatse ye 
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from 
God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into 
the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, 
and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou 
knowest all thmgs, and needest not that any man should 
ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from 
God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, 

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the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scat- 
tered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: 
and yet [ am not alone, because the Father is with me. 
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might 
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but 
be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. 


She Ascenston=dap. 
The Collect. 


A RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as 
we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also 
in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually 
dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Actsi. 1. 


HE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all 
that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day 

in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy 
Ghost had given commandments unto the Apostles whom 
he had chosen: to whom also he showed. himself alive 
after his passion by many infallible proofs, bemg seen of 
them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to ~ 
the Kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with 
them, commanded them that they should not depart from 
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, 
saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized 
with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost 
not many days hence. When they therefore were come 
together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this 
time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said 
unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the sea- 
sons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But 
ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come 
upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in 

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Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the 
uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken 
these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; anda 
cloud received him out of their sight. And while they 
looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, 
two men stood by them in white apparel; which also 
said, Ye men of Galilee, why, stand ye gazing up into 
heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you 
into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen 
him go into heaven. 


The Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 14. 


| escape appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, 
and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness 
of heart, because they believed not them which had seen 
him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye 
into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. 
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he 
that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall 
follow them that believe ; In my Name shall they cast out 
devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall 
take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it 
shallmot hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and 
they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken 
unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on 
the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached 
every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming 
the Word with signs following. | 


Sunday after Ascenston=vay. 
The Collect. 


GOD the King of glory, who hast exalted thine te | : 
Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom | 

in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless ; | 
but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt) 
us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ. is gone | 
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WHIT-SUNDAY. 


before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iv. 7. 


HE end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, 
and watch unto prayer. And above all things have 
fervent charity among yourselves; for charity shall cover 
the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another 
without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, 
even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards 
of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him 
speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let 
him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in 
all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom 
be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 


The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and part of chapter xvi. 
HEN the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto 
you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which 
proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And 
ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me 
from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto 
you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you 
out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that who- 
soever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 
And these things will they do unto you, because they have 
not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I 
told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remem - 
ber that I told you of them. 


CWhit-eSunday, 
The Collect. 
GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of- 
thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy 
Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy 
comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, 
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who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the 
same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Acts ii. 1. 
THEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they 


were all with one accord in one place. And sud- 
denly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing 
mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were 
sittmg. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like 
as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were 
all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. And 
there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out 
of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised 
abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded 
because that every man heard them speak in his own 
language. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, say- 
ing one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak, 
Galleanst And how hear we every man in our own 
tongue, wherem we were born? Parthians, and Medes, 
and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in 
Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and 
Pamphylia, in, Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about 
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and Proselytes, 
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our 
tongues the wonderful works of God. 


The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15. 

ESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my 
commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he 
shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with 
you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth 
him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and 
shall be in you. I will not’leave you comfortless ; I will 
come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me 


no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live 
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also. At that day ye shall know that Iam in my Father, 
and ye inme, andI in you. He that hath my command- 
ments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me ; and he 
that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will 
love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith 
unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord, how is it that thou wilt man- 
ifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will 
keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we 
will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He 
that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings; and the 
word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which 
sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet 
present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy 
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my Name, he shall 
teach you all things, and bring all things to your remem- 
brance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave 
with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world 
giveth, give [unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, 
neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto 
you, 1 go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved 
me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: 
for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told 
you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, 
ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with 
you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing 
in me. But that the world may know that 1 love the 
Father ; and as the Father gave me commandment, even 
so I do. 
Ponday in WWhitsun-week. hs 
The Collect. 

GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of 

thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy 
Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy 
comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, 

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who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the 
same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. 


HEN Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I 

perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in 
every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteous- 
ness, is accepted with him. The Word which God sent 
unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus 
Christ, (he is Lord of all,) that Word, I say, ye know, 
which was published throughout all Judea, and began 
from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached ; 
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost 
and with power: who weut about doing good, and healing 
all that were oppressed of the'devil; for God was with 
him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did 
both in the land of thé Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom 
they slew and hanged on a tree. Him God raised up the 
third day, and showed him openly, (not to all the people, 
but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who 
did eat and drink with him,) after he rose from the dead. 
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to ~ 
testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the 
Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the Prophets 
witness, that through his Name whosoever believeth in 
him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake 
these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard 
the word. And they of the circumcision which believed 
were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because 
that. on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, 
and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man 
forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which 
have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he 
commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord, 
Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. 

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The Gospel. .St. John ii. 16. 


OD so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten 

Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 
- but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into 
the world to condemn the world; but that the world 
through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is 
not condemned ; but he that believeth not is condemned 
already, bécause he hath not believed in the Name of the 
only-begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, 
that ight is come into the word, and men loved darkness 
rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For 
every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh 
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he 
that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may 
be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 


Tuesday in TWhitsun-week. 
The Collect. 


GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of 

thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy 
Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy 
comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour 
who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the 
same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 


For the Eyistle. Acts viii. 14. 


HEN the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard 
that Samaria had received the word of God, they 
sent unto them Peter and John: Who, when they were 
come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the 
Holy Ghost. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of 
them ; only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord 
Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they 
received the Holy Ghost. 
L* 137 


TRINITY-SUNDAY. 


The Gospel. St. John x. 1. 

ERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not 

by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some 
other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that , 
entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To 
him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; 
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them — 
out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth 
before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know 
his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will 
flee from him ; for they know not the voice of strangers. 
This parable spake Jesus unto them ; but they understood 
not what things they were which he spake unto them. 
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, | am the door of the sheep. All that ever came 
before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not 
hear them. Iam the door; by me if any man enter in, 
he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pas- 
ture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, 
and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and 
that they might have it more abundantly. 


CrinityeSundap. 
The Collect. 

J aoa te and everlasting God, who hast given unto 

us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true 
faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and 
in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity ; 
We beseech thee that thou wouldest keep us steadfast in 
this “ee and evermore defend us from all adversities, 
who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

For the Epistle. Rev. iv. 1 

‘Ae TER this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in 

heaven: and the first voice which I heaid was as it 
were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up 

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hither, and I will show thee things which must be here- 
after. And immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, 
a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 
And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sar- 
dine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the 
throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round 
about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon 
the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in 
white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of 
gold. And out of the throne proceeded lghtnings, and 
diario, and voices. And there were seven eae of 
fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits 
of God. And before the throne there was a sea of glass 
like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and 
round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes 
before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, 
and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a 
face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about 
him ; and they were full of eyes within ; and they rest not 
day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, 
which was, and is, and is to come. And when those 
beasts give glory, and honor, and thanks to Him that sat 
on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and 
twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, 
and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast 
their crowns before the throne saying, Thou art worthy, 
O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power; for thou 
hast pete all things, and for thy pleasure they are, and 
were created. we 


The Gospel. St. John ii. 1. 


HERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, 

a ruler.of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, 

and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher 

come from God: for no man can do these miracles that 
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thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered 
and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except 
a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. 
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when 
he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s 
womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the 
Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That 
which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born 
of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, 
-Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it 
listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not 
tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every 
one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and 
said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered 
and said unto him, Art thoua master of Israel, and knowest 
not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We 
speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; 
and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly 
things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell 
you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up 
to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the 
Son of Man which isin heaven. And as Moses lifted up 
the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of 
Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him should 
not perish, but have eternal life. 


The Hirst Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


0) GOD, the strength of all those who put their trust in 
thee; Mercifully accept our prayers: and because, 
through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no 
good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, 
that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, 
both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 
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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


The Epistle. 1 St. John iv. 7. 


ELOVED, let us love one another ; for love is of God, 
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth 
God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is 
love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, 
that we might hve through him. Herei is love, not that 
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be 
the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, 
we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen 
God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth 
in us, and his love is perfected m us. Hereby know we 
that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given 
us of his Spit. And we have seen and do testify that the 
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Who- 
soever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God 
dwelleth in him, and he inGod. And we have known 
and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; 
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in 
him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have 
boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are 
we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect 
love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He 
that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, 
because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and 
hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom 
he hath not seen? And thiscommandment have we from 
him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 19. 


HERE was a certain rich man, which was clothed in 
purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every 
day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, 
which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be 
fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: 
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moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it 
came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by 
the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also 
died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Laza- 
rus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, 
have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip 
the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I 
am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, 
remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is 
comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, 
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that 
they which would pass from hence to you can not ; neither 
can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then 
he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest 
send him to my father’s house: for I have five brethren ; 
that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into 
this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They 
have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them. And 
he said, Nay, father Abraham ; but if one went unto them 
from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, 
If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they 
be persuaded though one rose from the dead. 


Che Second Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 

LORD, who never failest to help and govern those 

whom thou dost brmg up in thy steadfast fear and 
love ; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of 
thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear 
and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. John ii. 13. 


N ARVEL not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We 
iti know that we have passed from death unto life, be- 
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cause we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother 
abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a mur- 
derer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life 
abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, 
because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay 
down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this 
world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth 
up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the 
love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in 
word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And 
hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure 
our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God 
is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, 
if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence 
toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, 
because we keep his commandments, and do those things 
that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, 
That we should believe on the Name of his Son, Jesus 
Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, 
and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in 
us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 16. — 
aN CERTAIN man made a great supper, and bade many ; 


and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them 
that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. 
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. 
The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, 
and I must needs go and see it; I pray thee have me 
excused. And another said, I ae bought five yoke of 
oxen, and I go to prove oe I pray thee have me eX- 
cused. ig another said, I have married a wife, and 
therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and 
showed his lord these things. Then the master oY thre 
house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into 

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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the 
poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And 
the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, 
and yetthereisroom. And the Lord said unto the servant, 
Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to 
come in, that my house may be filled. ForI say unto you, 
that none of those men which were bidden shall taste of 


my supper. 


Che Ahivy Sundan after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and 
grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty de- 
sire to pray, may, by thy mighty aid, be defended and 
comforted in‘all dangers and adversities ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St..Peter v. 5 

LL of you be subject one to another and be clothed 
with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giv- 
eth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore 
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in 
due time ; casting all your care upon him, for he careth 
for you. Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, asa roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom 
he may devour ; whom resist steadfast in the faith, know- 
ing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your 
brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, 
who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, 
after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, 
stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and do- 

minion for everand ever. Amen. 


-, The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 1. 
HEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners 
for to hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes mur- 
mured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth 
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with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 
What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one. 
of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilder- 
ness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And 
when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoic- 
ing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his 
friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; 
for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto 
you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner 
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just per- 
sons, which need no repentance. Either what woman 
having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not 
light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently 
till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth 
her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice 
with me; for J have found the piece which I had lost. 
Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of 
the Angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 


She Fourth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. | 


0 GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without 
whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and 
multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou: bemg our ruler 
and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that 
we finally lose not the things eternal. Giasit this, O hea- 
venly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake our Lord. Anes 


The Epistle. Rom. viii. 18. 


RECKON that the sufferings of this present time are 
not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall 
be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the 
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of 
God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not 
willmgly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the 
the same, in hope, because the creature itself also shall 
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be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glo- 
rious liberty of the children of God. For we know that 
‘the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together 
until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which 
have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan 
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the 
redemption of our body. 


The Gospel. St. Luke yi. 36. 

E ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, 

and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good mea- 
sure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running 
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same 
measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you 
again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind 
lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? 
The disciple is not above his master; but every one that 
is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest 
thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest 
‘ not the beam that is in thineown eye? Either how canst 
thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote 
that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the 
beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out 
first the béath’ out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou 
see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. 


Che Hitth Sunvay after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
Geis? O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of 
this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy govern- 
ance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly 
quietness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. Peter iii. 8. 
E ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another ; 
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous ; not render- 
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ing evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, 
blessing, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and 
see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and 
his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, 
and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the 
eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are 
open unto their prayers : but'the face of the Lord is agamst 
them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if 
ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suf- 
fer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not 
afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the 
Lord God in your hearts. 


The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1. 

T came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to 
hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennes- 
aret, and saw two ships standing by the lake; but the 
fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their 
nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was 
Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little 
from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people 
out of the ship. Now, when he had left speaking, he said 
unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your 


ay 
nets fora draught. And Simon answering sa 






noihing ; nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 
And when they had this done, they enclosed a great mul- 
titude of fishes; and their net brake. And they beckoned 
unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they 
should come and help them. And they came, and filled 
both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon 
Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, Depart 
from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was 
astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of 
the fishes which they had taken; and so was also James, 
and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with 
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Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from hence- 
forth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought 
their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. - 


The Sirpth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
() GOD, who hast prepared,for those who love thee such 


good things as pass man’s understanding; Pour into 
our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee 
above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed 
all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. vi. 3. 

77 NOW ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into 

Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? There- 
fore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that 
like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory 
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of 
life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness 
of his death, we shall be also in the likenesss of his resur- 
rection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with 
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that hence- 
forth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed 
from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that 
we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being 
1aised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more 
dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sm 
once ; but in that he liveth, he liveth untoGod. Likewise 
reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but 
alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 





The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20. 


ESUS said unto his disciples, Except your righteousness 

shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and 

Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of 

heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
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time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall 
be in danger of the judgment. But I say unto you, That 
whosoever is angry with his brother without a vause shall 
be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say 
to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: 
but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of 
hell-fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the a1 and 
there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against 
thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; 
first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer 
thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles 
thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adver- 
sary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee 
to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say 
unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till 
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 


The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 


The Collect. 


ORD of all power and might, who art the author and 

giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love 

of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with 

all goodness, ae of thy great mercy keep us in the same ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. vi. 19. 
SPEAK after the manner of men, because of the infirm- 
ity of your flesh ; for as ye have yielded your members 
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, unto iniquity; 
even so now yield your members servants to righteous- 
ness, unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of 
sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye 
then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for 
the end of those things is death. But now being made 
free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your 
fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the 
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wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 


The Gospel. St. Mark vii. 1. 
N those days the multitude being very great, and having 
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and 
saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, 
because they have now been with me three days, and 
have nothing to eat: and if I send them away fasting to 
their own houses, they will famt by the way ; for divers 
of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, 
From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread 
here in the wilderness? And he asked them, How many 
loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he com- 
manded the people to sit down on the ground: and he 
took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and 
gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set 
them before the people. And they hada few small fishes; 
and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before 
them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took 
up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And 
they that had eaten were about four thousand. And he 
sent them away. 


The Bighth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all 
things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech 
thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give 


us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. viii. 12. 
RETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live 
after the flesh. For if ye live after the fiesh, ye shall 
die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of 
the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the 
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Spirit of God, they are the sons God. For ye have not 
received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have 
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, 
Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, 
that we are the children of God. And if children, then 
heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be 
that we suffer with ao that we may be also glorified 
together. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. vu. 15. 

EWARE of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening 
wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men 
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every 
good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree 
bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth 
evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, 
and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall 
know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but i that doeth 

the will of my Father Be rain is in heen 


fhe Ninth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think 
and do always such things as are right; that we, who 
cannot do any thing that 1s good without thee, may by 
thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Cor. x. 1. 


Bae I would not that ye should be ignorant, 

how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and,all 

passed through the sea: and were all baptized unto Moses 

in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spirit- 

ual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink ; (for 
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they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and 
that Rock was Christ.) But with many of them God was 
not well pleased ; for they were overthrown in the wilder- 
ness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent 
we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is 
written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose 
up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some 
of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty 
thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them 
also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither 
murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were 
destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened 
unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our 
admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed 
lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but 
such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will 
not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but 
will with the temptation also.make a way to escape, that 
ye may be able to bear it. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1. 
ESUS said unto his disciples, There was a certain rich 
man, which had a steward; and the same was accused 
unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called 
him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? 
give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be 
no longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, 
What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the 
stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. Iam 
resolved what to do, that, when J am put out of the stew- 
ardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he 
called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said 
unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And 
he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto 
him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty. . 
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THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


Then. said he to another, And how much owest thou2 
And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he 
said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And 
the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had 
done wisely: for the children of this world are in their 
generation wiser than the children of light. And I say 
unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of 
unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you 
into everlasting habitations. 


The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


ET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers 

of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain 
their petitions make them to ask such things as shall 
please thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. 1. 
ONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have 
you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried 
away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Where- 
fore I give you to understand; that no man speaking by 
the spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed ; and that no man 
can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 
And there are differences of administrations, but the same 
Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the 
same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation 
of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For 
to one is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom; to 
another, the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit ; 
to another, faith, by the same Spirit; to another, the gifts 
of healing, by the same Spirit; to another, the working of 
miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, discerning 
of spirits ; to another, divers kinds of tongues; to another, 
the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that 
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THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man sever- 
ally as he will. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41. 


ND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and 
wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, 
at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy 
peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes., For the 
the days shall come upon thee, that thme enemies shall 
cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and 
keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with 
the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall 
not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou 
knewest not the time of thy visitation. And he went into 
the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, 
and them that bought; saying unto them, It is written, 
My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made ita 
den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. 


The Blebenth Sunvay after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


() GOD, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in 
showing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us 
such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of 
thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, 
and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Cor. xv. 1. 
RETHREN, I declare unto you the Gospel which I 
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and 
wherein ye stand ; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep 
in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have 
believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, 
that which I also received, how that Christ. died for our 
sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, 
and that he rose again the third day according to the 
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Scriptures. And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the 
twelve : after that, he was seen of above five hundred 
brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto 
this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he 
was seen of James; then of all the Apostles. And last of 
all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 
For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be 
called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. 
But by the grace of God Iam what lam: and his grace 
which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I 
labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the 
grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it 
were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 9. 
ESUS spake this parable unto certain which trusted in 
themselves that they were righteous, and despised 
others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the 
one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee 
stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, 
that Iam not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adul- 
terers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, 
I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, 
standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes 
unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be 
merciful to me a sinner? [ tell you, this man went down 
to his house justified rather than the other: for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be abased: and he that hum- 
bleth himself shall be exalted. 


The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. 


The Collect. 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more 
ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give 
more than either we desire or deserve; Pour down upon 
us the abundance of thy mercy ; forgiving us those things 
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whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good 
things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the 
merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. 
Amen. 


The Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4. 


UCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not 
lO that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing 
as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also 
hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not 
of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but 
the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, 
written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the 
children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of 
Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was 
to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the 
spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of con- 
demnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of 
righteousness exceed in glory. 


The Gospel. St. Mark vu. 31. 


‘eae: departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, 
came unto the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the 
coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that 
was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they 
beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him 
aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, 
and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to 
heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, 
Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and 
‘the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but 
the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal 
they published it; and-were beyond measure astonished, 
saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the 
deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. 
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THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it 
cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and 
laudable service ; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may 
so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally 
to attain thy heavenly promises: through the merits of 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
The Epistle. Gal. in. 16. 
O Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He 
saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one. 
And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, That 
the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, 
the Law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, 
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none 
effect. For if the inheritance be of the Law, it is no more 
of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 
Wherefore then serveth the Law? It was added because 
of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the 
promise was made: and it was ordained by angels in 
the hand of a mediator. Nowa mediator is not a mediator 
of one; but God is one. Is the Law then against the 
promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a 
law given which could have given life, verily righteousness 
should have been by the Law. But the Scripture hath 
concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus 
Christ might be given to them that believe. 


The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23. 

LESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye 
see. For I tell you, that many prophets and kings 
have desired to see those things which ye see, and have 
not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, 
and have not heard them. And behold, a certain Lawyer 
stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I 
do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is 

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THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 


written in the Law ? how readest thou? And he answer- 
ing said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and 
with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he 
said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and 
thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said 
unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? And Jesus answer- 
ing said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his 
raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him 
half dead. And by chance there came down a certain 
Priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on 
the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the 
place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other 
side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion 
on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pour- 
ing in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and 
brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the 
morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and 
gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of 
him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come 
again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, 
thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the 
thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. 
Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 


The Pourteenth Sunday after Trinity. 

The Collect. 
LMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the in- _ 
crease of faith, hope, and charity ; and, that we may 
obtaim that which thou dost promise, make us to love that 
which thou dost command ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 


Amen. 
The Epistle. Gal. v. 16. 


af SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil 
the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the 
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Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are con- 
trary the one to the other ; so that ye cannot do the things 
that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not 
under the Law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 
which are these ; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasci- 
viousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emula- 
tions, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, 
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tel] 
you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they 
who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffer- 
ing, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance : 
against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s 
have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 11. 

ND it came to pass, as Jesus went to Jerusalem, that 

he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him 
ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off. And they 
lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy 
on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go 
show yourselves unto the Priests. And it came to pass, 
that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, 
when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a 
loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his 
feet, gving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. And 
Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed"? but 
where are the nine? There are not found that returned 
to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto 
him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. 


Che PHitteenth Sunvay after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
i EEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy 
perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man 
without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help 
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from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable, 
to our salvation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


, The Epistle. Gal. vi. 11. 


E see how large a letter I have written anto you with 
mine own hand. As many as desire to make a fair 
show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised ; 
only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of 
Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised 
keep the Law; but desire to have you circumcised, that 
they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that [ should 
glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For 
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, 
nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as 
walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, 
and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man 
trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord 
Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be 
with your spirit. Amen. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 24. 


O man can serve two masters: for either he will hate 

the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to 
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought | 
for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; 
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the 
life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold 
the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father ~ 
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? 
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto 
his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Con- 
sider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, 
neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even 
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

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Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which 
to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not 
much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore 
take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? or, What 
shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? 
(for after all these things do the Gentiles seek ;) for your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these 
things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his 
righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto 
you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow ; for the 
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Suffi- 
cient unto the day is the evil thereof. 


The Sirpteenth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 

LORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse 

and defend thy Church; and, because it cannot con- — 
tinue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore 
by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Epistle. Eph. iu. 13. 

DESIRE that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, 

which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees 
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , of whom the 
whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would 
grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be 
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 
that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, 
being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to com- 
prehend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, 
and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with 
all the fulness of God. Now unto Him that is able to do 
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be 
glory in the Church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, 
world without end. Amen. 

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The Gospel. St. Luke vu. 11. 
\ ND it came to pass the day after, that Jesus went into 
a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went 
with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to 
the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried 
out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and 
much people of the city was with her. And when the 
Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto 
her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier; and 
they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, 
_I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and 
began to speak ; and he delivered him to his mother. 
And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, 
saying, That a great Prophet is risen up among us; and, 
That God hath visited his people. And this rumor of him 
went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the 
region round about. 


Che Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


ORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent 
and follow us, and make us continually to be given to 
all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The E pistle. Ephes,. iv. 1. 


: THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are 


called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffer- 
ing, Pane one another in love: ppb eM to keep 
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one 
body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of 
your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God 
and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and 
in re all. 
The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 1. 


1’, came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of one of 
ne ARIE Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day, 


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that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain 
man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus an- 
swering, spake unto the Lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is 
it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day? And they held their 
peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him 
go; and answered them, saying, Which of you shall have 
an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway 
pull him out on the sabbath-day? And they could not 
answer him again to these things. And he put forth a 
parable to those which were bidden, when he marked 
how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not 
down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man 
than thou be bidden of him; and he that bade thee and 
him come and say to thee, Give this man place ; and thou 
begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when 
‘thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that 
when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 
Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the 
presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whoso- 
ever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that hum- 
bleth himself shall be exalted. 


Che Gighteenth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


ORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to with- 

4 stand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the 

devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, 
the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The Epistle. 1 Cor. i. 4. 

THANK my God always on your behalf, for the grace 

of God which is given you by Jesus Christ ; that in 

every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and 

in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was 

confirmed in you; so that ye come behind in no gift; 

waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall 

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also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless 
in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 34. 


HEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the 
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 
Then one of them, which was a Lawyer, asked him a 
question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the 
great commandment in the Law? Jesus said unto him, 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first 
and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two 
commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. 
Whule the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked 
them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he ? 
They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto 
them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 
The Lorn said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 
till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then 
call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able 
to answer him a word, neither durst any man, from that 
day forth, ask him any more questions. 


The Nineteenth Sunvay after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to 
please thee; Mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit 
may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus 
_ Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 17. 
HIS I say therefore, and testify in the Lord; that ye 
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the 
vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, 
being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance 
that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 
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who being past feeling have given themselves over unto 
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 
But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have 

heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is 
in Jesus: that ye put off concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceit- 

ful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; and 
that ye put on the new man, which after God is created 

in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting 

away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for 

we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin 
not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither 
give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more ; 

but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing 

which is good, that he may have to give to him that 
needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of 

your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, 

that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve 

not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the, 
day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and 

anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from 

you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, 

tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for 

Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. ; 


The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 1. 

ESUS entered into a ship, and passed over, and came 

into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a 
man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus, seeing . 
their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good _ 
cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain — ‘ 
of the Scribes said within themselves, This man blasphem- _ 
eth. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore 
think ye evil in your hearts? For whether is easier to 
say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 
But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power 
on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the 

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palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 
And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the 
multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which 
had given such power unto men. 


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The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


ALMIGHTY and most mercifu] God, of thy bountiful 

goodness keep# us, we beseech thee, from all things 
that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and 
soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things which thou 
commandest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Ephes. v. 15. 


(EE then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but 
as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are 
evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding 
what the will of the Lord is. And be nat drunk with wine, 
wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit ; speaking 
to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, 
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 
giving thanks always for all things unto God and the 
Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ ; submitting 
yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 1. 


ESUS said, The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a cer- 
tain king, which ‘made a marriage for his son, and sent 

forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wed- 
ding ; and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other 
evans saying, Tell them which are hidden, Behold, I 
have prepared my dinner ; my oxen and my fatlings are 
killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his 
farm, another to his merchandise: and the remnant took 
his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 
But when the king had heard thereof, he was wroth; and he 

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sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and 
burnt up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The 
wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not 
worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many 
as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants 
went out into the highways, and gathered together all as 
many as they found, both bad and good ; and the wedding 
was furnished with guests. And when the king came in 
to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not 
on a wedding-garment : and he saith unto him, Friend, 
how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-gar- 
ment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to 
the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, 
and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are 
chosen. 


The Twenty-first Sunvay after Trinity. 


The Collect. 


fee we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful 
people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed 
from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Ephes. vi. 10. 


Y. brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power 

of his might. Put on the whole armorof God, that 
ye may beable to stand against the wiles of the devil. 
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against prin- 
cipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high 
places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of 
God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and 
having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your 
loins girt about with truth; and having on the breastplate 
of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation 

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of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of 
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery 
darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, 
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God ; 
prayingalways with all prayerand supplication in the Spirit, 
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and suppli- 
cation for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be 
given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, tomake 
known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an am- 
bassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I 
ought to speak. 


The Gospel. St. John iv. 46. 


HERE was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at 
Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come 
out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought 
him that he would come down and heal his son; for he 
was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, 
Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The 
nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child 
die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way ; thy son liveth. 
And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken un- 
to him, and he went his way. And as he was now going 
down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy 
son liveth. Then inquired he of them the hour when he 
began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at 
the seventh hour, the fever left him. So the father knew 
that it was at the same hour in the which Jesus said unto 
him, Thy son liveth ; and himself believed, and his whole 
house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, 
when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. 


a Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity 
The Collect. 
ORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household’ the 


Church j in continual godliness ; that through thy pro- 
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tection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly 
given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy 
Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Phil. i. 3. 


THANK my God upon every remembrance of you, 

{always in every prayer of mine for you all making 
request with joy,) for your fellowship in the Gospel from 
the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, 
that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform 
it until the day of Jesus Christ: even as it is meet for me 
to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; 
masmuch as both in-my bonds, and in the defence and 
confirmation of the Gospel, ye all are partakers of my 
grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long after 
you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, 
that your love may abound yet. more and more in knowl- 
edge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things 
that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without 
offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory 
and praise of God. 


The.Gospel. St. Matt. xvii. 21. 


ETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft shall my brother 
sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven 
times; but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the 
Kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king which 
would take account of his servants. And when he had 
begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed 
him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not 
to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife 
and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ~ 
The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, say- 
ing, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, 
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and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same 
servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, 
which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on 
him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou 
owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and 
besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee all. And he would not: but went and cast him 
into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fel- 
low-servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, 
and came and told unto their lord all that wasdone. Then 
his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O 
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because 
thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had com- 
passion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee? 
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormen- 
tors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So 
likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye 
from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their 
trespasses. 


The Twenty-Thiry Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 
GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of 
all godliness; Be ready we beseech thee, to hear the 
devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things 
which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
The Epistle. Phil. ii. 17. 
RETHREN, be followers together of me, and mark 
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now 
tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the 
cross of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose God is 
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind 
earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from 
whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 
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_ who shall change our vile body, that it may be fushioned 
like unto his glorious body, according to the working 
whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xxi. 15. 


HEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they 
might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out 
unto iat their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Mas- 
ter, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of 
God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou 
regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, what 
thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or 
not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, 
Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute- 
money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he 
saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription ? 
They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, 
Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesai’s ; 
and unto God the things that are Gods. When they had 
heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went 
their way. 


The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their 

offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may 
all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by 
our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly 
Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and 
Saviour. Amen. 


The Epistle. Col. i. 3. 


E give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord 

Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we 

heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which 

ye have to all the saints, for the ons which is laid up for 

you in heaven, whereof ie heard before in the word of the 
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truth of the Gospel: which is come unto you, as it is in all 
the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, 
since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God 
in truth. As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow- 


also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. For this 
cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to 
pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the 
knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual under- 
standing; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all 
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing 
in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, 
according to his gloricus power, unto all patience and long 
suffering with joyfuiness; giving thanks unto the Father, 
which hath made us meet to be partakers of the mheri- 
tance of the saints in light. 
The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 18. 

V J HILE Jesus spake these things unto John’s disciples, 

behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped 
him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come 
and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus 
arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And 
beliold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of 
blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the 
hem of his garment. For she said within herself, If I 
may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus 
turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daugh- 
ter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. 
And the woman was made whole from that hour.) And 
when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the min- 
streis and the people making a noise, he said unto them, 
Give place; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And 
they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were 
put forth, he went in, and: took her by the hand, and the 
mail arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all 


that land, 
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The Twenty=-fifth Sunday after Trinity. 
The Collect. 


TIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faith- 

’ ful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the 
fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Jer. xxii. 5. 
EHOLD, the days come, saith the Lorp, that I will 
raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall 
reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice 
in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel 
shall dwell safely: and this is his Name whereby he shall 
be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. There- 
fore, behold, the days come, saith the Lorp, that they 
shall no more say, The Lorp liveth, which brought up the 
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The Lorp 
liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the 
house of Israel out of the north-country, and from all coun- 
tries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in 
their own land. 
The Gospel. St. John vi. 5. 
HEN Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great 
company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, 
Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? (And 
this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he 
would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred penny- 
worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one 
of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, 
Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, 
which hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes; but- 
what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make | 
the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the 
place. So the men sat down, in number about five thou- 
sand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had 
given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disci- 
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ples to them that were set down: and likewise of the | 
fishes, as much as they would. When they were filled, 
he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that 
remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore hor ae 
them together, and cates twelve baskets with the frag 
ments sti the five barley loaves, which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when 
they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of 
a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. 
J If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sundau, the service of some 
of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany, shall be taken in 
to supply so many as are here wanting. And if there be fewer, the over- 


plus may be omitted: Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, 
shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. 


St. Andrew’s Wap. 


The Collect. 

LMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy 

‘holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed 
the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him 
without delay ; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by 
thy holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently 
to fulfil thy holy commandments; through the same Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Rom. x. 9. 

[* thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 

and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised 
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For. with the 
heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the 
mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scrip- 
ture saith. Whosoever believeth on him shall not be 
ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew 
and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all 
that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the 
Nanie of the Lord sha]l be saved. How then shall they 
call on him in whom they have not believed? and how © 

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shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? 
and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how 
shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, 
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel 
of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they 
have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, 
who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by 
hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, 
Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into 
all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. 
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will 
provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and 
by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very 
bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; 
I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. 
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth 
my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 18. 


ESUS, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, 
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a 
net into the sea; for they were fishers. And he saith 
unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of 
men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed 
him. And going on from thence, he saw other two breth- 
ren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a 
ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and 
he called them. And they immediately left the ship and 
their father, and followed him. 


St. Thomas the Apostle. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY and everliving God, who, for the greater 

confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy Apostle 

Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son’s resurrection ; Grant us 

so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son 
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ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE. 


Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be re- 
proved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ, - 
to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and 
glory, now and for evermore. Amen. 


The Epistle. Ephes. ii. 19. 


Ne therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, 
but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the house- 
hold of God; and are built upon the foundation of the 
Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the 
chief corner-stone ; in whom all the building fitly framed 
together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord; in 
whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of 
God through the Spirit. 


The Gospel. St. John, xx. 24. 


ee one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not 
with them when Jesus came. The other disciples 
therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he 
said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print 
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, 
and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And 
after eight days again his disciples were within, and 
Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being 
shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you! 
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and 
behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust 
it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And 
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my 
God! Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast 
seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs 
truly did Jesus m the presence of his disciples, which are 
not written in this book. But these are written, that ye 
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and 
that believing ye might have life through his Name. 
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St. Stephen's Day. 
The Collect. 


(rN O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon 
earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stead- 
fastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory 
that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy 
Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the 
example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who played for 
his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at 
the right hand of God to succour all those who suffer for 
thee, our only Meditator and Advocate. Amen. 

¥ Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continu- 

ally until New-Years Eve. 


For the Epistle. Acts vii. 55. 

TEPHEN, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stead- 
S fastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus 
standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I 
see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing 
on the right hand of God! Then they cried out with 
a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him 
with one accord and cast him out of the city, and stoned 
him; and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a 
young man’s feet, whose name was Saul. And they ston- 
ed Stephen, callmg upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, re- 
ceive my spirit!- And he kneeled down, and cried with a 
loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge! And 
when he had said this he fell asleep. ; 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 34. 

EHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and 
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; 

and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and 
persecute them from city to city : that upon you may 
come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the 
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of 
Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the al- 

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tar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come up- 
on this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that kill- 
est the prophets and, stonest them which are sent unto 
thee, how often would I have gathered thy children togeth- 
er, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, 
and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you 
desolate! For I say unto you, Yeshall not see me hence- 
forth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the Name 
of the Lord ! 


St. Hon the Boangelist’s May. 
The Collect. 


ERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright 

beams of light upon thy Church, that it being instruct- 
ed by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist 
Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it 
may at length attain to everlasting life; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 St. Johni. 1. 


HAT which was from the beginning, which we have 
heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we 
have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the 
Word of life; (for the life was manifested, and we have 
seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal 
life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto 
us ;) that which we have seen and heard declare we 
unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and 
truly our feliowship is with the Father, and with his Son 
Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that 
your joy may be full. This then is the message which we 
have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, 
and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have 
fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do 
not the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the 
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood 
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth usfromallsin. If we say 
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that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth 
is not inus. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighte- 
ousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him 
a liar, and his word is not in us. dys 
; 
The Gospel. St. John xxi. 19. 
KSUS said unto Peter, Follow me. Then Peter, turning 
about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following ; 
(which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, 
which is he that betrayeth thee?) Peter seeing him saith 
to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this mando? Jesus saith 
unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to 
thee? Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad 
among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet 
Jesus “aid not unto nie He shall not die; but If I will that 
he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? 2 This is the dis- 
ciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things; 
and we know that his testimony istrue. And there areal- 
so many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they 
should be written every one, I suppose that even the world 
itself could not contain the books that should be written. 


The Xnnocents’ Way. 
The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and 

sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants to 
glorify thee by their deaths ; Mortify and kill all vices in 
us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocen- 
cy of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, 
we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Rev. xiv. 1. 
uf LOOKED, and lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and 
with hing. an hundred forty and four thousand, haying 
his Father’s Name written in their foreheads. Andl heard 
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a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as 
the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harp- 
-ers harping with their harps: and they sung as it were a 
new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and 
the elders; and no man could learn that song but the hun- 
dred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed 
from the earth. These are they ‘which were not defiled 
with women ; for they are virgins. These are they which 
follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were re- 
deemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God 
and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile ; 
for they are without fault before the throne of God. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. it. 13. 

pee Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, 

saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, 
and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee 
word ; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by 
night, and departed into Egypt, and was there until the 
death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spo- 
ken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have 
I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was 
mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent 
forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, 
and in all the coast thereof, from two years old and under, 
according to the time which he had diligently inquired of 
the wisemen. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken 
by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a 
voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourn- 
ing, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be 
comforted, because they are not. 


She Conversion of St, Paul. 
The Collect. 
GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed Apos- 
tle Saint Paul, has caused the light of the wee to 
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shine throughout the world; Grant, we beseech thee, that 
we, having his w onderful bavertion in remembrance, may 
dhow forts our thankfulness unto thee for the same rm fol- 
lowing the holy doctrine which he taught; Sitcough Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. oo 

Lng 


For the Epistle. Acts ix. 1. 


ND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter 
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high 
priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the syna- 
gogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they 
were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Je- 
rusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: 
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from 
heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice say- 
ing unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And 
he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am 
Jesus whorn thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick 
againsi the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, 
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? 2% And the Lord i 
unto sities Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told 
thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed 
with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no 
man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes 
were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the 
hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three 
days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And 
there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias ; 
and to him said the Lord in a vision, Al atiiogs And he said, 
Behold, [am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and 
inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tar- 
sus: for behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a 
man named Ananias, coming in, and putting his hand on 
him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias an- 
swered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much 
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evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and here he 
hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on 
thy Name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way ; for 
he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my Name before 
the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel; for I 
will show him how great things he must suffer for my 
Name’s sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered 
into the house ; and putting his handson him, said, Brother 
Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the 
way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest re- 
ceive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And 
immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales ; 
and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was bap- 
tized. And when he had received meat, he was strength- 
ened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which 
were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ 
in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that 
heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that de- 
stroyed them which called on this Name in Jerusalem, and 
came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound 
unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in 
strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damas- 
cus, proving that this is very Christ. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xix. 27. 


ETER answered and said unto Jesus, Behold, we have 
forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have 
therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto 
you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration 
when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory, 
ye also shall sit npon twelve thrones, judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, 
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, -or chil- 
dren, or lands, for my Name’s sake, shall receive an hun- 
dred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that 
are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. 
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The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, % 

Commonly called, The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. 

The Collect. 
LMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech 
thy Majesty, that as thy only-begotten Son was this 
day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so 
we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, 
by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Mal. iii. 1. 


EHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall pre- 
pare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, 
shall suddenly come to his temple, even the Messenger of 
the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, 
saith the Lord of Hosts. But who may abide the day of 
his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for 
he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap. And he 
shall sit asa refiner and purifier of silver ; and heshall pu- 
rify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, 
that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteous- 
ness. Then shalf the offering of Judah, and Jerusalem 
be pleasant unto the Lorp, as in the days of old, and as in 
former years. And I will come near to you to judgment; 
and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and 
against the adulterers, and agaist false swearers, and 
against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the 
widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger 
from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of Hosts. 


The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 22. 
Bi es when the days of her purification according to the 
Law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him > 
to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (as it is written 
in the Law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb 
shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice 
according to that which is said in the Law of the Lord, A 
pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. And, behold, 
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there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon ; 
and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the 
consolation of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he 
should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 
And he came by the Spirit into the temple ; and when the 
parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the 
custom of the Law, then took he him up in his arms, and 
blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant 
depart in peace, according tothy word: for mine eyes have 
seen thy salvation, which thou has prepared before the 
face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the 
glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother 
marvelled at those things which were spoken of him, And 
Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Be- 
hold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many 
in Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; 
(yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also ;) that 
the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there 
was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of 
the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived 
with an husband seven years from her virginity ; and she 
was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which de- 
parted not from the temple, but served God with fastings 
and prayers night and day. And she coming in that in- 
stant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him 
to all them that looked forredemption in Jerusalem. And 
when they had performed all things according to the Law 
of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city 
Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, 
filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon him, 


St. Matthias’s Way. 
The Collect. 
¢ ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Ju- 


das didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of 
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the number of the twelve Apostles; Grant that thy Church, 
being alway preserved from false Anpéatiaas may be order- 
ed and guided by faithful and true pastors ; one Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 
For the Epistle. Actsi. 15. ‘ 
N those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disci- 
ples, and said, (the number of the names together were 
about an hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this 
Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy 
Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Ju- 
das, who was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was 
numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. 
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniqui- 
ty; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, 
and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto 
all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is 
called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that isto say, The 
field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let 
his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein ; 
and, His bishoprick let another take. Wherefore of these 
men which have companied with us all the time that the 
Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the 
baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up 
from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of 
his resurrection. And they appointed two, Joseph called 
Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And ~ 
they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all men, show whether of these two thou hast 
chosen; that he may take part of this ministry and Apos- 
tleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he 
might gotohisown place. And they gave forth their lots ; 
and the lot fell wpon Matthias ; and he was numbered with 
the eleven apostles. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xi. 25. 
Ae that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O 


i Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast 
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THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 


hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast re- 
‘vealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seem- 
ed good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of 
my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father 5 
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and 
he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto 
me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give 
you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for 
I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. For my yokeis easy, and my burden is light, 


The Annunctation of the blessev Virgin PAary. 
The Collect. 


E beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts, 

that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son 

Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his cross 
and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his re- 
surrection ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Isa. vii. 10. 


OREOVER the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 
Ask theea sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in 
the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will 
not ask, neither will I tempt the Lorp. And he said, Hear 
ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to 
weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore 
the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin 
shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name | 
Emanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know 
to refuse the evil and choose the good. 


The Gospel. St. Luke i. 26. 


ND in the sixth month the Angel Gabriel was sent from 

God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a vir- 

gin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the 

house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And 
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the Angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou art highly 
favored, the Lord is with thee ; blessed art thou among 
women! And when she saw yn she was troubled at 
his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of saluta- 
tion this should be. And the Angel said unto her, Fear 
not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God. And, be- 
hold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a 
son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, 
and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord 
God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. 
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and 
of his kingdom there shall be noend. Then said Mary un- 
to the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 
And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy 
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which 
shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And 
behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son 
in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who 
was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impos- 
sible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; 
be it unto me according to thy word. And the Angel de- 
parted from her. 


sot. Plark’s Way. 
The Collect. 
ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church 
with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist St. Mark ; 
Give us grace that, being not like children carried away 
with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in 


the truth of thy holy Gospel ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. 


[INS every one of us is given grace according to the 

measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, 

When he ascended up on high, he led captivity capiive, 
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and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what 
is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of 
the earth ? He that descended is the same also that as- 
cended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all 
things.) And he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, 
and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers ; for 
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, 
for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in 
the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of 
God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature 
of the fulness of Christ ; that we be henceforth no more 
children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every 
wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craf- 
tiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking 
the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which 
is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly 
_ joined diether and compacted by that which every joint 
supplieth, according to the effectual working in the mea- 
sure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto 
the edifying of itself in love. 


The Gospel. St. John xv. 1. 


’ AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh 
away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it 
that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean 
through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide 
inme, andIin you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except 
ye abide in me. Iam the vine, ye are the branches; he 
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth 
much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. If aman 
abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is with- 
ered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, 
and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words 
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done 
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unto you. Hereinis my Father glorified, that ye bear much 
fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath 
loved me, sohave I loved you: continue ye in my love. If 
ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; ; 
evenas I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide 
in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my 
joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 


St. Philip and St. Hames’s May, 
The Collect. 


ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting 

life; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ 
to be the way, the truth, and the life; that following the 
steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, 
we may steadfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal 
life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The Epistle. St. Jamesi. 1. 


AMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, 

to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greet- 
ing. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers 
temptations ; knowing this, that the trymg of your faith 
worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, 
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If 
any of youlack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth 
to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be 
given him. But let him ask im faith, nothing wavering ; 
for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with 
the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he 
shall receive anything of the Lord. Adouble-minded man 
is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree 
rejoice in that he is exalted; but the rich in that he is 
made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall 
pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning 
heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof 

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falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth; so al- 
so shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Blessed is 
the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, 
he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath 
promised to them that love him. 


The Gospel. St. John xiv. 1. 


ND Jesus said unto his disciples, Let not your heart be 
troubled ; ye believe in God, believe alsoin me. In 
my father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so 
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for 
you: and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there 
ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way 
ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not 
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Je- 
sus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: 
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had 
known me, ye should have known my Father also: and 
from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Phi- 
lip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father and it suffi- 
ceth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time 
with you; and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that 
hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou 
then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that [am 
in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I 
speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father, that 
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I 
amin the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me 
for the very works’ sake. Verily, Verily, I say unto you, 
he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do al- 
so; and greater works than these shall he do; because I 
go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my 
Name, that willl do, that the Father may be glorified in 
the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my Name, I will do 
it. 
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SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. 


St, Barnabas the Apostle. 
The Collect. 


LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apos- 

tle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost; 
Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold 
gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honor and 
glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Acts xi. 22. 
IDINGS of these things came unto the ears of the Church 
which was in Jerusalem ; and they sent forth Barna- 
bas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Who, when he 
came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and ex- 
horted them all, that with purpose of heart they would 
cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full 
of the Holy Ghost, and of faith; and much people was add- 
ed unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for 
to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought 
him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year 
they assembled themselves with the Church, and taught 
much people: and the disciples were called Christians first 
in Antioch. And in these days came prophets from Jeru- 
salem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them, nam- 
ed Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be 
great dearth throughout all the world ; which came to pass 
in the days of ClaudiusCesar. Then the disciples, every 
man according to his ability, determined to send relief un- 
to the brethren which dwelt in Judea. Which also they 
did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and 
Saul. 
The Gospel. St. John xv. 12. 


dic. is my commandment. That ye love one another, as 

I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than 

this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are 

my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Hence- 

forth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not 
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what his Lord doeth; but I have called you friends, for 
all things that I have heard of my Father I have made 
known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring 
forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that what- 
soever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may 
give it you. 


St. Hohn Baptist’s Day. 
The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John 

Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the 
way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching repentance ; 
Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we 
may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his 
example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, 
and patiently suffer for the truth’s sake; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. (sa. xl. 1. 


err) ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, 
that her warfare is accomplished: that her iniquity is par- 
doned: for she hath received of the Lorp’s hand double 
for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wil- 
demess, Prepare ye the way of the Lorp, make straight 
in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall 
be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, 
and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 
places plain. And the glory of the Lorp shall be revealed, 
and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the 
Lorp hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, 
What shallI cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodli- 
ness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass with- 
ereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lorp 
bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. The grass 
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withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God 
shall stand for ever. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, 
get thee up into the high mountain: O Jerusalem, that 
bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength ; lift 
it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold 
your God! Behold, the Lord Gop will come with strong 
hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward 
is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his 
flock like a shepherd ; he shall gather the lambs with his 
arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead 
those that are with young. 


The Gospel. St. Luke i. 57. 

LIZABETH’S full time came that she should be deliver- 
ed; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors 
and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great 
mercy upon her; and they rejoiced withher. And itcame 
to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the 
child ; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of 
his father. And his mother answered and said, Not so; 
but he shall be called John. And they said unto her, 
There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name, 
And they made signs to his father, how he would have 
him called. And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, 
saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. And 
his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loos- 
ed, and he spake and praised God. And fear came on 
all that dwelt round about them ; and all these sayings were 
noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judea. 
And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, 
saying what manner of child shall thisbe? And the hand 
of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Bless- 
ed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and re- 
deemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation 
for us, in the house of his servant David ; as he spake by 
the mouth of his holy Prophets, which have been since the 

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SAINT PETER’S DAY. 


world began; that we should be saved from our enemies, 
and from the hand of all that hate us; to perform the mer- 
_cy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy co- 
venant ; the oath which-he sware to our father Abraham, 
that he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out 
of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, 
in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of 
our life. And thou child, shalt be called the Prophet of 
the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord 
to prepare his ways; to give knowledge of salvation unto 
his people by the remission of their sins, through the ten- 
der mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring from on 
high hath visited us; to give light to them that sit in dark- 
ness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the 
way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong in 
spirit ; and was in the deserts till the day Hy his Howie 
unto Israel. 


St. Peter’s Map. 
The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst 
give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and 
commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock: Make, we 
beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach 
thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the 
same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting 

glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Acts. xu. 1. 
BOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his 
hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed 
James the brother of John with the sword. And because 
he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take 
Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, 
and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep 
him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the peo- 
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ple. Peter therefore was kept in prison ; but prayer was 
made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. 
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same 
night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with 
two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the pri- 
son. And behold, the Angel of the Lord came upon him, 
and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on 
the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And 
his chains fell off from his hands. And the Angel said 
unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals: and so he 
did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, 
and follow me. And he went out, and followed him ; and 
wist not that it was true which was done by the Angel ; 
but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the 
first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate 
that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them of his 
ownaccord: and they went out, and passed on through one 
street, and forthwith the Angel departed from him. And 
when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of 
a surety, that the Lord hath sent his Angel, and hath de- 
livered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the ex- 
pectation of the people of the Jews. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xvi. 13. 


HEN Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, 

he asked his disciples, saying. Whom do men say 

that I, the Son of Man, am? And they said, Some say 
that thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Je- 
remias, or one of the Prophets. He saith unto them, But 
whom say ye thatlam? And Simon Peter answered and 
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And 
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon 
Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto 
thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also 
unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will 
build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail 

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SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. 


against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the king- 
dom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth 
shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose 
on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 


St. Hames the Apostle. 
The Collect. 

RANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint 
James, leaving his father and all that he had, without 
delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, 
and followed him ; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal 
affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy com- 

mandments ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Acts xi. 27, and part of Chap. xii. 
N those days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Anti- 
och. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, 
and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth 
throughout all the world; which came to pass in the days 
of Claudius Cesar. Then the disciples, every man accord- 
ing to his ability, determined to send relief unto the breth- 
ren which dwelt in Judea. Which also they did, aad sent 
it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now 
about that time Herod the King stretched forth his hands 
to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the 
brother of John with the sword. And, because he saw it 
pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xx. 20. 
HEN came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children 
with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain 
thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? 
She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, 
the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy 
kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not 
what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shail 
drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that Iam bap- 
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tized with? They say unto him, Weareable. And he saith 
unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be bap- 
tized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit © 
on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but 
it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my 
Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved 
with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus call- 
ed them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of 
the Gentiles exercise dominion, over them, and they that 
are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not 
be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, 
let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant; even as the Son of 
Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and 
to give his life a ransom for many. 


St. Bartholomew the Apostle. 
The Collect. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give 

to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe 
and to preach thy Word ; Grant, we beseech thee, unto 
thy Church, to love that Word whieh he believed, and both 
to preach a receive the same; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 
For the Epistle. Acts v. 12. 

Y the hands of the Apostles were many signs and won- 

ders wrought among the people; (and they were all 
with one accord in Solomon’s porch; and of the rest durst no 
man join himself to them; but the people magnified them ; 
and believers were the more added to the Lord, multi- 
tudes both of men and women ;) insomuch that they brought 
forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and 
couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by 
might overshadow some of them. There came also amul- 
titude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing 
sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits, 
and they were healed every one. 

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ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. 


The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 24. 
ND there was also a strife among them, which of them 
should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto 
them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over 
them; and they that exercise authority upon them are 
called benefactors. But ye shall not beso: but he that is 
greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he 
that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is great- 
er, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he 
that sitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he that serveth. 
Ye are they which have continued with me in my tempta- 
tions. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father 
hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my 
table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 


St. Platthew the Apostle. 
The Collect. 


ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call 
Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle 
and Evangelist: Grant us grace to forsake all covetous de- 
sires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same 
thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee 
and the Holy Ghost, one God, worid without end. Amen. 


The Epistle. 2 Cor. iv. 1. 


HEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have 
received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced 

the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, 
nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifes- 
tation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s 
conscience in the sight of God. But if our Gospel be hid, 
it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world 
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the 
light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of 
God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, 

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ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 


but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for 
Jesus’ sake. For God who commanded the light to shine 
out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the 
light of the knowledge of the ini of God in the face of 
Jesus Christ. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 9. 


ND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man 
named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom ; and 
he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and follow- 
ed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the 
house, behold, many Publicans and sinners came and sat 
down with him and his disciples. And when the Phari- 
sees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your 
Master with Publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard 
that, he said unto them, They that be whole need nota 
physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn 
what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: 
for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to re- 
pentance. 
St. Michael and all Angels. 
The Collect. - 


EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and consti- 
tuted the services of Angels and men ina wonderful 
order ; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels always do 
thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may 


succour and defend us on earth ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord Amen. 


For the Epistle. Rev. xii. 7. 
T{\HERE was war in heaven: Michael and his angels 
fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and 
his angels ; and prevailed not, neither was their place 
found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was 
cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan which 
deceiveth the whole world : he was cast out into the earth, 
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ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 


and his angels were cast out with him. And TI hearda loud 
voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, 
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : 
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused 
them before our God day and night. And they overcame 
him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their 
testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death, 
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them! 
Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the 
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because 
he knoweth that he hath-but a short time. 


The Gospel. St. Matt. xviii. 1. 

T the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, say- 
ing, Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven ? 
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in 
the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except 
ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not 
enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore 
shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest 
in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one 
suerte child in my Name, receiveth me. But whoso 
shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, 
it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about 
his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 
Wo unto the world because of offences ! for it must needs be 
that offences come ; but wo to that man by whom the of- 
fence cometh! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend 
thee, cut them off and cast them from thee ; it is better 
for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than hav- 
ing two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. . 
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from 
thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, 
rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. Take 
heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say 
unto you, That in heaven their angels do alwieed behold 

the face of my Father which is in heaven. 

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St. Buke the Woangelfst. 
The Collect. 
LMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, 


whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and 
Physician of the soul ; May it please thee, that, by the 
wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, 
all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the 
merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. 2 Tim. iv. 5. 


\ ATCH thou inall things, endure afflictions, do the work 

of an Evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my de- 
parture is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have fin- 
ished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there 
is laid up for mea crown of righteousness, which the Lord, 
the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to 
me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 
Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me ; for Demas hath 
forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is de- 
parted unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto 
Dalmatia. Only Luke iswith me. Take Mark, and bring 
him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. 
And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. The cloak that I 
left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest bring with 
thee ; and the books, but especially the. parchments. 
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord 
reward him according to his works. Of whom be thou 
ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. 


The Gospel. St. Luke x. 1. 


HE Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them 

two and two before his face into every city and place, 

whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto 

them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few ; 

pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would 
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send forth laborers into his harvest. Go your ways; be- 
hold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry 
neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes, and salute no man by 
the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, 
Peace be to this house! And if the son of peace be there, 
your peace shall rest upon it; if not, it shall turn to you 
again. And in the same house remain, eating and drink- 
ing such things as they give ; for the laborer is worthy of — 
his hire. 

St. Simon and St. Huse, Apostles. 


The Collect. 


ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the 

foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ 
himself being the head corner stone; grant us so to be 
joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we 
may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. St. Jude 1. 


4 iste the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, 
7 to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and 
preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and 
peace, and love be multiplied. Beloved, when I gave all 
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it 
was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you, 
that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was 
once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men 
crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to 
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our 
God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord 
God and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you 
in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the 
Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, 
afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the an- 
gels which kept not their first estate, but left their own 
habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under 
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ALL SAINTS’ DAY. 


darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as 
Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, in like 
manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going 
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering 
the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy 
dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak 
evil of dignities. 
The Gospel. St. John, xv. 17. 


HESE things I command you, that ye love one another. 
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me be- 
fore it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would 
love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, 
The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have 
persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have 
kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these 
things will they do unto you for my Name’s sake, be- 
cause they know not Him that sentme. If I had not come 
and spoken unto them, they had not had sin ; but now 
they have no cloak for their sin. He that hateth me 
hateth my Fatheralso. If I had not done among them the 
works which none other man did, they had not hadsin; but 
now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled 
that is written in their law, They hated me without a 
cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will 
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, 
which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. 
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been 

with me from the beginning. 

AN Saints’ Day. 
The Collect. 
ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect 
in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical 
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ALL SAINTS’ DAY. 


body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to fol- 
low thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that 
we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast 
prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


For the Epistle. Rev. vii. 2. 


ND I saw another angel ascending from the east, hav- 
ing the seal of the living God: and he cried with a 
loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt 
the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth neither 
the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed, the servants of 
our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of 
them which were sealed; and there were sealed an hun- 
dred and forty and four thousand, of all the tribes of the 
children of Israel. 

Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. 

Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thou- 
sand. 

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no 
man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peo- 
ple, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the 
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 
and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God 
which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb! And 
all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the 

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elders, and the four beasts, and fell betore the throne, 
on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen ; Bless- 
ing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, 
and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever ! 


Amen. 5 oh 3 
The Gospel. St. Matt. ak 
ESUS seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain ; 
and when he was set, his disciples came unto him. 
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Bless- 
ed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of hea- 
ven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com- 
forted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the 
earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the 
merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the 
pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the. 
peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of 
God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for right- 
teousness’ sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute 
you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, 
formy sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad; for great 
is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the pro- 
phets which were before you. 





THE ORDER FOR THE 


ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, 


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HOLY COMMUNION. 


¥ If among those who come to be partakers of the Holy Communion, the 
Minister shall know any to be an open and notorious evil-liver, or to have 
done any wrong to his neighbors by word or deed, so that the Congregation 
be thereby offended ; he shall advertise him, that he presume not to come 


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to the Lord’s table, until he have openly declared himself to have truly ree 
pented and amended his former evil life, that the Congregation may there- 
by be sati sfied ; j and that he hath recompensed the parties to whom he hath 
done wrong ; or at least declare himself to be in full purpose so to do, 
as soon as he conveniently may. 

“| The same order shall the Minister use with those, betwixt whom he per- 
ceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not suffering them to be partakers of 
the Lord’s Table, until he know them to be reconciled. And if one of the 
parties, so at variance, be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all 
that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make amends for that 
wherein he himself hath offended ; and the other party will not be persuaded 
toagodly unity, but remain stillin his frowardness and malice ; the 
Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent person tothe Holy Com- 
munion, and not him that ts obstinate. Provided that every Minister so 

repelling any, as is herein specified, shall be obliged to give an account 
of the same to the Ordinary, as soon as conveniently may be. 

J The table at the Communion-time, having a fair white linen cloth upon 
it, shall stand in the body of the Church, or in the Chancel. And the 
Minister, standing at the right side of the Table, or where Morning 
and Evening prayer are appointed to be said, shall say the Lord’s prayer 
and the Collect following, the people kneeling ; but the Lord’s prayer may 
be omitted, if Morning Prayer hath been said immediately before. 


UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 

Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on 
earth, As itis in heaven. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive 
those who trespass against us. And lead us not into 
temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the king- 
dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 


The Collect. 


Nate God, unto whom all hearts are open, all 
desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid ; 
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of 
thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and 
worthily magnify thy poy Name ; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. z 


“| Then shall the Minister, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly the 
TEN COMMANDMENTS ; and the People still kneeling, shall after 
every commandment, ask God mercy for their transgressions for the time 
past, and grace to keep the law for the time to come, as followeth. 


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Minister. 
GG” spake these words, and said ; Iam the Lord thy 
God: thou shalt have none other gods but me. 

People. Lord, have mercy “i us, and incline our 
hearts to keep vig bates 

Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven 
image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven 
above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the 
earth. Thou shalt not bow . to them, nor worship 
them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit 
the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third 
and fourth generation of them that hate me; and show 
mercy unto thousands in them that love me, e keep my 
commandments. 

People... Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our 
hearts to Reep this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in yain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that 
taketh his Name in vain. 


People. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline ourhearts 


to keep this law. 

Minister. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath- 
day. Six days shalt thou labor and do all that thou hast 
to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 
thy God. Init thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, 
and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy 
maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within 
thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the sev- 
enth day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, 
and hallowed it. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our 
hearts to keep this law. . 

Minister. Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy 
days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

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People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our 
hearts to keep this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt do no murder. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our 
hearts to keep this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our 
hearts to keep this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not steal. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our 
hearts to keep this law. 

Minster. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. . 

People. Lord have merey. upon us, and incline our 
hearts to keep this law. 

Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, 
thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his servant. 
nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that 
is his. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all 
these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. 

¥ Then the Minister may say, 


Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ ath. 


fives shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is 
the first and great commandment. And the second is 
like unto it ; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On 
these two commandments hang all the Law and the Pro- 
phets. 
Let us pray. 
ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, 
we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both 
our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the 
works of thy Rnanst eres that thraen thy most 
mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be presery- 
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ed in body and soul ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. a 


“‘Y Then shall be said the Collect of the day. And immediately after the 
Collect the Minaster shall read the Epistle, saying, The Epistle [or the 
Portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in the — 
Chapter of , beginning at the — Verse. And the Epistle ended, 
he shall say, Here endeth the Epistle. Then shall be read the Gospel 
(the People all standing up) saying, The Holy Gospel is written in the 
— Chapter of ——, beginning at the — Verse. 





Here the People shall say, 
Glory be to thee, O Lord. 


GJ Then shail be read the Apostles’ or Nicene Creed ; unless one of them 
hath been read immediately before in the Morning Service. 

Then the Minister shall declare unto the People what Holy-days, or Fast- 
ing-days, are in the week following to be observed ; and (if occasion be) 
shall Notice be given of the Communion, and of the Bans of Matrimony, 
and other matters to be published. 

J Then shall follow the Sermon. After which the Minister, when there is 
a Communion, shall return to the Lord’s Table, and begin the Offertory, 
saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he thinketh most con- 
venrent, 


@ 


ET your light so Shine before men, that they may see 
your good works, and glorify your Father which is in 
heaven. St. Matt. v. 16. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth ; where 
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thine break 
through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in 
heaven ; where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
where thieves do not break through nor steal. St. Matt. 
Vi. 19, 20: 

Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even 
so do to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets. St. 
Matt. vir. 12. 

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. vii. 21. 

Zaccheus stood forth and said unto the Lord, Behold, 
Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I 

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have done any wrong to any man. I restore fourfold. St. 
Luke xix. 8. — 

Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own cost ? 
Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit there- 
of? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of 
the flock? 1 Cor. ix. 7. 

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great 
matter if we shall reap your wordly things? 1 Cor. ix. 
11. 

‘Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy 
things live of the sacrifice ; and they who wait at the al- 
tar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord 
also ordained, that they who’ jreach the Gospel should 
live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. ix. 13, 14. 

He that soweth little shall reap little ; and he that sow- 
eth plenteously shall reap plenteously. Let every mando 
according as he is disposed in his heart, not grudgingly, 
or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix. 
Rite 

Let him that is taught in the Word minister unto him that 
teacheth, in all good “things. Be not deceived, God is not 
mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he reap. 
Gal. vi. 6, 7. . 

While we have time, let us do good unto all men: and 
tgpecially unto them that are of che household of faith. 

“Gal. vi. 

Be pce is great riches, if a man be content with that 
he hath: for we brought nothing into this world, neither 
may we carry any thingout. 1 Tim. vi. 6, 7. 

Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be 
ready to give, and glad to distribute ; laying up m 
store for themselves a good foundation against the time 
to come, that they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. vi. 17, 

18, 19. 

God isnot unrighteous, that he will forget your works, 
and labor that proceedeth of love ; which love ye have 

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showed for his Name’s sake, who have ministered unto 
the saints, and yet do minister. Heb. vi. 29. 

To do good, and to distribute, forget not ; for with such 
sacrifices God is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 16. 

Whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother 
have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how 
dwelleth the love of God in him? 1 St. John iii. 17. 

Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from 
any poor man; and then the face of the Lord shall not be 
turned away from thee. Tobvt iv. 7. } 

Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give 
plenteously ; if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to 
give of that little: for so gatherest thou thyself a good 
reward in the day of necessity. Tobit iv. 8, 9. 

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lorp: 
and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again. 
Prov. xix. 17. 

Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and 
needy: the Lorp shall deliver him in the time of trouble. 
Psalm xli. 1 


GJ Whilst these sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-Wardens, or 
other fit persons appointed for that purpose shall receive the Alms for the 
Poor, and other Devotions of the people, in a decent basin to be provided 

by the Parish for that purpose ; and reverently bring it to the Priest, who 
shall humbly present and place it upon the Holy Table. 

J And the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and. Wine 
as he shall think sufficient. After which done he shall say, 


Let us pray for the whole state of Christ’s Church mili- 
tant. 


Un and everliving God, who by thy holy 
Apostle, hast taught us to make prayers, and suppli- 
cations, and to give thanks for all men: we humbly be- 
seech thee most mercifully [*to accept our alms and obla- 
tions, and| to receive these our prayers, which we offer 


* If there be no alms or obiations, then shall the words [to accept our 
alms and oblations and] be left unsaid. 


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unto thy Divine Majesty; beseeching thee to inspire con- 
tinually the Universal Church with the spirit of truth, uni- 
ty, and concord: and grant that all those who do confess 
thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, 
and live in unity, and godly love. We beseech thee also, 
so to direct and dispose the hearts of all Christian Rulers, 
that they may truly and impartially administer justice, to 
the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the main- 
tenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Give grace, O 
heavenly Father, to all Bishops and other Ministers, that 
they may, both by their life and doctrine, set forth thy 
true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy 
holy sacraments. And to all thy people give thy heaven- 
ly grace ; and especially to this congregation here present ; 
that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear 
and receive thy holy Word ; truly serving thee in holiness 
and righteousness all the days of their life. And we most 
humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort 
and succour all those who, in this transitory life, are in 
trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. 
And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants de- 
parted this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to 
give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with 
them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. 
Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake our only Me- 
diator and Advocate. Amen. 


J When the Minister giveth warning for the Celebration of the Holy Com- 
munion, (which he shall always do upon the Sunday or some Holy Day 
twmmediately preceding,) he shall read this Exhortation following ; or so 
much thereof as, in his discretion, he may think convenient. 

EARLY beloved, on day next I purpose, through 

4’ God’s assistance, to administer to all such as shall be 

religiously and devoutly disposed the most comfortable 

Sacrament of the Body and Biood of Christ ; to be by them 

received in remembrance of his meritorious Cross and 

Passion ; whereby alone we obtain remission of our sins, 

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and are made, partakers of the kingdom of heaven. Where- 
fore it is our duty to rendermost humble and hearty thanks 
to Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that he hath 
given his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, not only to die 
for us, but also to be our spiritual food and sustenance in 
that holy Sacrament. Which being so divine and com- 
fortable a thing to them who receive it worthily, and so 
dangerous to those who will presume to receive it unwor- 
thily ; my duty is to exhort you, in the mean season to 
consider the dignity of that holy mystery, and the great 
perilof the unworthy receiving thereof ; and so to search 
and examine your own consciences, (and that not lightly, 
and after the manner of dissemblers with God ; but so) 
that ye may come holy and clean to such a heavenly 
Feast, in the marriage-garment required by God in holy 
Scripture, and be received as worthy partakers of that ho- 
ly Table. 

The way and means thereto is ; First, to examine your 
lives and conversations by the rule of God’s command- 
ments ; and whereinsoever ye shall perceive yourselves 
to have offended, either by will, word, or deed, there to 
bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess yourselves to 
Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. 
And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are 
not only against God, but also against your neighbors: 
then ye shall reconcile yourselves unto them ; being ready 
to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the utter- 
most of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by 
you to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive 
others who have offended you, as ye would have forgive- 
ness of your offences at God’s hand ; for otherwise the re- 
ceiving of the holy Communion doth nothing else but in- 
crease yourcondemnation. Therefore, if any of you bea 
blasphemer of God, an hinderer or slanderer of his Word, 
an adulterer, or be i malice, or envy, or in any other 
grievous crime ; repent ye of your sins, or else come not 
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And because it is requisite that no man should come to 
the holy Communion, but with a full trust in God’s mercy, 
and with a quiet conscience ; therefore, if there be any 
of you, who by this means cannot quiet his own consci- 
ence herein, but requireth further comfort or counsel, let 
him come to me or to some other Minister of God’s Word, 
and open his grief; that he may receive such godly coun- 
sel and advice, as may tend to the quieting of his con- 
science, and the removing of all scruple and doubtful- 
ness. 


| Or incase he shall see the People negligent to come to the Holy Commu- 
_ nion, instead of the former, he shall use this Exhortation. 


EARLY beloved brethren, on I intend by God’s 
grace, to celebrate the Lord’s Supper ; unto which, 
in God’s behalf. I bid you all who are here present ; and 
beseech you, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, that ye will 
not refuse to come thereto, being so lovingly called and 
bidden by God himself. Ye know how grievous and un- 
kind a thing it is, when a man hath prepared a rich feast, 
decked his table with all kind of provision, so that there 
lacketh nothing but the guests to sit down ; and yet they 
who are called (without any cause) most unthankfully re- 
fuse to come. Which of you in such a case would not be 
moved? Who would not think a great injury and wrong 
done unto him! Wherefore, most dearly beloved in 
Christ, take ye good heed, lest ye, withdrawing yourselves 
from this holy Supper, provoke God’s indignation against 
you. It isan easy matter for a man to say, I will not 
communicate, because I am otherwise hindered with. 
worldly business. But such excuses are not so easily ac- 
cepted and allowed before God. If any man say, I am 
a grievous simner, and therefore am afraid to come: 
wherefore then do ye not repent andamend ? When God 
calleth you, are ye not ashamed to say ye will not come ? 
When ye should return to God, will ye excuse yourselves, 
and say ye are not ready? Consider earnestly with your- 
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selves how little such feigned excuses willavail before God. 

Those who refused the feast in the Gospel, because they 
had bought a farm, or would try their yokes of oxen, or 

because they were married, were not so excused, but 

counted unworthy of the heavenly feast. Wherefore, ac- 
cording to mine Office, I bid you in the Name of God, I 
call you in Christ’s behalf, I exhort you, as ye love your 
own salvation, that ye will be partakers of this holy Com- 
munion. And asthe Son of God did vouchsafe to yield 

up his soul by death upon the Cross for your salvation ; 
so it is your duty to receive the Communion in remem- 
brance of the sacrifice of his death, as he himself hath 
commanded: which, if ye shall neglect to do, consider 
with yourselves how great is your ingratitude to God, and 
how sore punishment hangeth over your heads for the 
same; when ye wilfully abstain from the Lord’s Table,’ 
and separate from your brethren, who come to feed on the 
banquet of that most heavenly food. These things if ye 
earnestly consider, ye will by God’s grace return to a bet- 
ter mind ; for the obtaining whereof we shall not cease to 
make our humble petitions unto Almighty God, our hea- 
venly Father. 


G] At the time of the Celebration of the Communion, the Priest shall say 
this Exhortation. 


|S pape beloved in the Lord, ye who mind to come to 
the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our 
Saviour Christ, must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all 
persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before 
they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. 
For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart 
and lively faith we receive that holy sacrament ; so is the 
danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. Judge 
therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of 
the Lord ; repent ye truly for your sins past; have a live- 
ly and steadfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your 
lives, and be in perfect charity with all men ; so shall ye 
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be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above 
all things ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to 
God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the re- 
demption of the world by the death and passion of our 
Saviour Christ, both God and man ; who did humble him- 
self, even to the death upon the Cross, for us miserable 
sinners, who lay im darkness and the shadow of death ; 
that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us 
to everlasting life. And to the end that we should always 
remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and 
only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the in- 
numerable benefits which by his precious blood-shedding 
he hath obtained for us; he hath instituted and ordained 
holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual 
remembrance of his death, to our great and endless com- 
fort. To him therefore, with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost, let us give (as we are most bounden) continual 
thanks ; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and 
pleasure, and studying to serve him im true holiness and 
righteousness all the days of our life. Amen. 


{| Then shall the Priest say to those who come to receive the Holy Com- 
munton, ~ 
E who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, 
and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and 
intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of 
God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; 
Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to 
your comfort ; and make your humble confession to Al- 
mighty God, devoutly kneeling. 


{] Then shall this generat Confession be made, by the Priest and all those 
who are minded to receive the Holy Communion, humbly kneeling. 


LMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

4 Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknow- | 

ledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which — 

we from time to time, most grievously have committed, 
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By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, 
Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against 
us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for 
these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is griev- 
ous unto us ; The burden of them is intolerable. Have 
mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful 
Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, Forgive 
us all that is past ; and grant that we may ever hereafter 
Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honor 
and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. . 


@ Then shall the Priest (the Bishop if he be present) stand up, and turning 
to the People, say, 


LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great 
mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those 

who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him ; 
Have merey upon you; pardon and deliver you from all 
your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; 
and bring you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. . 


@ Then shail the Priest say. 

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith 
unto all who truly turn to him. 

OME unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden 

and I will refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. 

So God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten 
Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not per- 
ish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. 

Hear also what Saint Paul saith. 

This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be receiv- 
ed, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 
1 Tom. i. 15. 

Hear also what Saint John saith. 


If any man sin, we-have an Advocate with the Father 
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Jesus Christ the righteous ; and.he is the Propitiation for , 
our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1, 2. 


q] After which the Priest shall proceed, saying, - 
Lift up your hearts. 
Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord. 
Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. 
Answer. It is meet and right so to do. 


{ Then shal: the Priest turn to the Lord’s Table, and say, 
T is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we 


should at alltimes, and in all places, give thanks unto 
thee, O Lord, [Holy Father,*] Almighty, Everlasting God. 


{J Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any 
specially appointed ; or else wmmediately shall be said or sung by the 
Priest and People, 


HEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with 

all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify 
thy glorious Name ; evermore praising thee, and saying, 
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth 
are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. 
Amen. 


PROPER PREFACES. 


Upon Christmas-day, and seven days after. 


ECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son 

to be born as at this time for us ; who by the operation 

of the Holy Ghost was made very man, of the substance 

of the Virgin Mary his mother; and that without spot of 

sin to eae us clean fromall sin. Therefore with Angels, 
&e. 


Upon Easter-day, and seven days after. 


UT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious 
Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he 


-%& These words [Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity Sunday. 
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is the very Paschal Lamb, which.was offered for us, and 
hath taken away the sin of the world ; who by his death 
hath destroyed death, and, by his tle to life again, 
hath restored to us a xchiating life. Therefore with An- 
gels, &e. 


Upon Ascension-day and seven days after. 


Prone thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord: who, after his most glorious Resurrection, 
manifestly pipenied to all his Apostles, and in their sighs 
ascended up into heaven, to prepare a place for us ; that 


where he is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with 
hm in glory. Therefore with Angels, &c. 


Upon Whit-Sunday, and six days after. 
HROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord ; according to whose 
most true promise, the Holy Ghost came down as at 
this time from heaven, with a sudden great sound, as it 
had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, 
lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them 
to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, 
and also places, path fervent zeal constantly to preach 
‘the Gospel unto all nations ; whereby we have been 
brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and 
true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. There- 
fore with Angels, &c. 
Upon the Feast of Trinity only, may be said, 
HO art one God, one Lord ; not one only Person, 
ww three Persons in one Substance. For that which 
we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe 
of the Sen, and of the Holy Ghost, ite any difference 
or inequality. Therefore with fetes Ms &e. 
F Or else this may be said, the words [Holy Father] being retained in the 
introductory Address. 
OR the precious death and merits of thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord, and for the sending to us of the Holy 
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Ghost, the Comforter ; who are one with thee in thy Eter- 
nal Godhead. Therefore with Angels, &c. | 


YJ Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord’s Table, say in the name 
of all those who shail recetve the Communion, this Prayer following. 

E do not presume to come to this thy Table, O mer- 

ciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in 

thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so 
much as to gather ‘up the crumbs under thy Table. But 
thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have 
mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the 
flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, 
that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and 
our souls washed through his most precious blood, and 
that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. 


J When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread and 
Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread 
before the People, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall say the Prayer 
of Consecration, as followeth. 


LL glory be to thee Almighty God, our heavenly 
Father, for that thou of thy tender mercy, didst give 
thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross 
for our redemption ; who made there (by his one oblation 
of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sa- 
crifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole 
world ; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command 
us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious 
death and sacrifice, until his coming again: For in the 
night in which he was betrayed, (a) he _ (@) at ie Priest 
f p : is totake the Patenwn- 
took Bread ; and when he had given 4 his. hands. 
thanks, (b) he brake it, and gaveit tohis (b) And here to break 
disciples, saying, Take, eat, (c) this is *¢ Bread. ) 
my Body, whichis given fo ; do thi eee 
: y be ps Pee ot 4 het OTIS his hand uponall the 
in remembrance of me. Likewise after Bread. 
ae A (d) Here he is to 
supper, (d) he took the Cup ; and When) Cum, inode 
che had given thanks, he gave it tothem, hana. 


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saying, Drink ye all of this ; for (a) this 

. ying; Bl ee he N or ( ), (a) And here he ts 

is my Blood 0 the New lestament 49 jay his hand upon 

which is shed for you, and for many, every vessel, in which 

for the remission of sins; do this, as oft ‘¢7¢ #8 any Wine to 
: halle be consecrated. 

as ye shall drink it in remembrance 


of me. 


HEREFORE, O Lord and heavenly The Obiation. 

Father, according to the institution of thy dearly 
beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we thy humble ser- 
vants, do celebrate and make here before thy Divine Ma- 
jesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto 
thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; 
diving in remembrance his blessed passion and precious 
death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension ; 
rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable 
benefits procured unto us by the same. 
And we most humbly beseech thee, O 
merciful Father, tohear us; and of thy Almighty good- 
ness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and 
Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and 
wine ; that we, receiving them according to thy Son our 
Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in remembrance 
of ‘his death and passion, may be partakers of his most 
blessed Body and Blood. And we earnestly desire thy — 
fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this our sacrifice » 
of praise and thanksgiving ; most humbly beseeching thee 
to grant, that by the merits and death of thy son Jesus 
Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy 
nhoke Church, may obtain remission i our sins, and all 
other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and pre- 
sent unto thee, 0. Lord, ourselves, our souls ad bodies, to 
be a reasonable hol: y, aa living sacniige unto thee: hum- 
bly beseechine th hee, that we, and all others who shall be 
partakers of this I oly Conia tits, may worthily receive 
the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, 
be tilled with be grace and heavenly benediction, and : 
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The Inwocatton. 







Pa 


THE COMMUNION. 


made one body with him, that he may dwell in them, and 
theyin him. And although we are unworthy, through our 
manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we be- 
seech thee to accept this our bounden duty anit Service ; 
not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, 
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honor and glory be unto 
thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen. 

Q Here shall be sung a Hymn, or part of a Hymn, from the selection for the 

Feasts and Fasts, §c. 

q Then shall the Priest first receive the Communion in both kinds himself, 
and proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in 
like manner, (if any be present) and, after that, to the People also in 
order, into their hands, all devoutly kneeling. And when he delivereth the 
Bread he shall say, 

HE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for 
thee, preserve thy body and wert unto everlasting life. 

Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, 


and feed on him in thy heart by faith, with shenkegivmg: 


And the Minister who delivereth the Cup shall say. 
HE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for 
thee, preserve thy body-and soul unto everlasting life. 
Drink this in remembrance that Christ’s Blood was shed 
for thee, and be thankful. 


q If the Consecrated Bread or Wine be spent before all have commnnicated, 
the Priest is to consecrate more, according to the Form before prescribed 3 
beginning at—All glory be to thee Almighty God—and ending with these 
words—partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood. 

GY When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord’s 
Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the Consecrated Ele- 
ments, covering the same witha fair linen cloth. 


sie Then shall the Minister say the Lord’s Prayer, the People repeating after 


him every Petition. 

UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be doneon earth, As 

it isin heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass 
against us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver 





THE COMMUNION. 


us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, forever andever. Amen. 
¥ After shall be said as followeth. 
LMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank 
thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us who 
have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual 
food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our 
Saviour Jesus Christ ; and dost assure us thereby of thy 
favor and goodness towards us; and that we are very 
members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which 
is the blessed company of all faithful people ; and are al- 
so heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the 
merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear 
Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly 
Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may con- 
tinue in that holy fellowship, and do all such'good works as 
thou hast prepared for us to walk in ; through Jesus Christ. 
our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all 
honor and glory, world without end. Amen. 
J Then shall be said or sung, all standing, Gloria m Excelsis ; or some 
proper Hymn from the Selection 
LORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good 
willtowards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee | 
for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the 
Father Almighty. - 
O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that ta- 
kest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. 
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our 
prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the 
Father, have mercy upon us. 
_ Forthou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou 
only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the 
gy ory of God the Father. Amen. 
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THE COMMUNION. 
q Then the Priest (the Bishop tf he be present) shall let them depart with 
this Blessing. c 
HE Peace of God which passeth all understanding, 
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and 
love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And 
the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you al- 
ways. Amen. 
¥ Collects that may be said after the Collects of Morning or Evening Pray- 
er, or Communion, at the discretion of the Minister. 
SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications 
and prayers, and dispose the-way of thy servants to- 
wards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that among 
ali the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may 
ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help ; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the 
words which we have heard this day with our out- 
ward ears, may, through thy grace, be so grafted inward- 
ly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit 
of good living, to the honor and praise of thy Name ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


IRECT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most 


a gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help ; 


that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee. 
we may glorify thy holy Name, and fcally by thy mercy, 

obtain everlasting life ; roget Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


LMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who 
knowest our necessities before we ask, and our igno- 
rance in asking ; We beseech thee to have compassion 
upon our infirmities ; and those. things, which for our un- 
worthiness we dare nae and for our lmdhead we cannot 
_ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son 
ad esus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


1. Spee GOD, who hast promised to hear the peti- 
tions of those who ask in thy Son’s Name ; we be- 
seech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us who 
- have now made our prayers and supplications unto thee ; 
and grant, that those things which we have faithfully ask- 
ed according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to 
the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy 
glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


{ Upon the Sundays and other Holy Days (if there be no Sermon or Com- 
murion) shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, unto the 
end of the Gospel, concluding with the Blessing. 

] And if any of the consecrated Bread and Wine remain after the Commu- 
nion, it shall not be carried out of the Church ; but the Minister and other 
Communicants shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and 
drink the same. 





THE MINISTRATION OF 


PUBLIC BAPTISM OF IN FAN TS, 
TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH. 


The People are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism 
should not be administered but upon Sundays and other Holy Days, or 
Prayer days. Nevertheless (if necessity so require) Baptism may be ad- 
ministered upon any other day. 


| There shall be for every Maile-child to be baptized, when they can be had, 
two Godfathers and one Godmother ; and for every Female, one God- 
father and two Godmothers ; and Parents shall be admitted ek hier ihs: 
if it be desired. 


J When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents or Sedes shall give 
knowledge thereof, before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Minis- 
ter. And then the Godfathers and Godmothers, und the People with the 
Chiidren, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after the last Les- 
son at Morning Prayer, or else immediately after the iast Lesson at 
Evening Prayer, as the Minister by his discretion shall appoint. And 
the Minister coming to the Font, (which is then to be filled with pure 
Waiter,) and pets ing there, shall say, 


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PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


HATH this Child been already 
baptized, or no? 


J If they answer, No: then shall 
the Minister proceed as followeth. 


EARLY beloved, forasmuch as 
all men are conceived and born 
in sin ; and our Saviour Christ saith, 
None cau enter into the kingdom 
of God, except he be regenerate 
and born anew of Water and of the 
Holy Ghost; I beseech you to eall 
upon God the Father, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that of his boun- 
teous mercy, he will grant to this 
Child that which by nature he can- 
not have ; that he may be baptized 
with Water andthe Holy Ghost, and 
received into Christ’s holy Church, 
and be made @ living member of the 
same. 


| Y Then shall the Minister say, 
Let us pray. 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, 
who ofthy great mercy didst save 
Noah and his family i in the ark from 
perishing by water; and also didst 
safely lead the childrew of Israel thy 
people through the Red Sea, figuring 
thereby thy ‘holy Baptism ; and by 
the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son 
Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, 
-didst sanctify Water to the mysti- 
cal washing away of sin; we hbe- 
seech thee, for thine infinite mercies, 
that thou wilt mercifully look upon 
this Child ; wash him and sanctify 
him with the Holy Ghost; that he, 
being delivered from thy wrath, may 
be received into the ark of Christ’s 
Church ; and being steadfast in faith, 
joyful through hope, and rooted in 
charity, may so pass the waves of 
this troublesome world, that finally 
he may come to the land of everlast- 
ing life, there to reign with thee, 
world without eid ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


q Or this. 


IMIGHTY, and immortal God, 
the aid of all who need, the help- 
er of all who flee to thee for succour, 
the life of those who believe, and 
the resurrection of the dead; We 
call upon thee for this Infant, that 
he, coming to thy holy Baptism, may 
‘receive remission of sin by spiriwual 


> 


she shall not enter therein. 


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regeneration. Receive him, O Lord, 
as thou hast promised by thy well- 
beloved Son, Saying, Ask, and ye 
shall have ; seek, and ye shall find ; 
knoek, and it shall be opened unto 
you. So give now unto us who ask ; 
let us who seek, find ; open the gate 
unto us who knoek ; that this Infant 
may enjoy the everlasting benedic- 
tion of thy heavenly washing, and 
may come to the eternal kingdom 
which thou hast promised by Christ 
our Lord. Armen. 


q Then the Minister shall say as fol- 
lows: or else shall pass on to the 
questions addressed to the Sponsors ; 
and from thence to the Prayer fan 
mediately before the Immersion, or 
the pouring of water on the Infant. 
But note ; that in every church the 
intermediate parts of the Service 
shall be used, once at least in every 
month, (if there bea baptism) for 
the better instructing of the People 
in the Grounds of Infant Baptism. 


Hear the words of the Gospel writ- 
ten by St. Mark, in the tenth 
Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse, 


HEY brought young children to 
Christ, that he should touch 
them; and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. But when 
Jesus saw it, he was much displeas- 
ed. and said unto them, Suffer the 
little children to come unto me, and 
forbid them not, for of such is the 
kingdom of God. Verily Tsay unto 
you, whosoever shall not receive 
ihe kingdom of God as a little child, 
And he 
took them up in his arms, put his 
hands upon them, and blessed them. 


q After the Gospel is read, the Min- 
ister shall make this brief Exhorta- 
tion upon the words of the Gospel. 


ELOVED, ye hear in this Gos- 
pel the words of our Saviour 
Christ, that he commanded the cnil- 
dren 10 be brought unto him; how 
he blamed those who would have 
kept them from him; how he exhort- — 
eth all men to follow their imocen- 
cy. Ye perceive how, by his out- 
Ward gesture and deed, he declared 
his ood will toward them ; for he 
embraced them in his arms, ‘he laid 
his hands upon them, and blessed 


PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


them. Doubt ye not therefore, but 
earnestly believe, that he will like- 
wise tavorably receive this present 
Infant ; that he will embrace him 
With the arms of his mercy ; that 
he will give unto Aim the blessing 
of eternal life, and make him par- 
taker of his everlasting kingdom. 

Wherefore, we being thus per- 
suaded of the good will of our hea- 
venly Father towards this Infant, 
declared by his Son Jesus Christ ; 
and nothing doubting but that he 
favorably alloweth this charitable 
work of ours in bringing this Infant 
to his holy Baptism; let us faith- 
fully and deyoutly give thanks unto 
him, and say, 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, 

heavenly Father, we give thee 
humble thanks, that thou hast 
vouchsafed to call us to the know- 
ledge of thy grace, and faith in thee: 
Increase this knowledge, and con- 
firm this faith in us evermore. Give 
thy Holy Spirit to this Infant that 
he may be born again, and be made 
an heir of everlasting salvation , 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Spirit, now and forever. 
Amen 


| Then shall the Minister speak un- 
to the Godfathers and Godmothers 
on this wise. 


EARLY beloved, ye have 
brought this Child here to be 
baptized ; ye have prayed that our 
Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe 
to receive him, to release him from 
sin, to sauctify him with the Holy 
Ghost, to give him the kingdom of 
heaven, and everlasting life. Ye 
have heard also that our Lord Jesus 
Christ hath promised in his Gospel 
to grant all these things that ye have 
(dak for ; which promise he, for 
iS part, will most surely keep and 
perform. 

Wherefore, after this promise 
made by Christ, this Infant must 
also faithfully, for his part, promise 
by you that are his sureties (until Ae 
come of age to take it upon himself) 
that he will renounce the devil and 
all his works, and constantly believe 
God’s holy Word, and obediently 
keep his commandments. 


4 The Minister shall then demand 
of the Sponsors as follotss: the 
questions being considered as ad- 
dressed to them severally, and the 
answers to be made accordingly. 


I demand therefore. 


ices thou, in the name of this 
Child, renounce the devil and 
all his works, the vain pomp and 
glory of the world, with all covet- 
ous desires of the same, and the sin- 
ful desires of the flesh, so that thou 
wilt not follow, nor be led by them? 
Answer» I renounce them all ; 
and, by God’s help, will endeavour 
not to follow, nor be led by them. 
Minister. Dost thou believe all 
the Articles of the Christian Faith, 
as contained in the Apostles’? Creed? 
Answer. Ido. 
Minister. Wilt thou be baptized 
in this faith ? 
Answer. That is my desire. 
Minister. Wilt thou then obe- 
diently keep God’s holy will and 
commandments, and walk in the 
same all the days of thy life ? 
Answer. 1 will, by God’s help. 


{ Then shall the Minister say, 


MERCIFUL God, grant that 

the old Adam in this Child may 
be so buried, that the new man may 
be raised up in him. Amen. 

Grant that all sinful affections 
may'die in Aivm, and that all things 
belonging to the Spirit may live and 
grow in him. Anien. i 

Grant that he may have power 
and strength to have victory, and to 
triumph against the devil, the world, 
and the flesh. Armen. 

Grant that whosoever is here de- 
dicated to thee by our office and 
ministry, may also be endued with 
heavenly virtues, and everlastingly 
rewarded, through thy mercy, O 
blessed Lord God, who dost live, and 
govern all things, world without 
end. Amen. 


A LMIGHTY, everliving God, 
whose most dearly beloved Son 
Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of 
our sins, did shed out of his most 
precious side both water and blood ; 
and gave commandment to his dis- 
ciplés, that they should go teach all 
nations, and baptizé them In the’ 


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PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 


Name of the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost ; Regard, we 
beseech thee, the supplications of 
thy congregation ; sanctify this Wa- 
ter to the ‘Inystical washing away 
of sin; and grant that this Child, 
now to be baptized therein, may re- 
ceive the fulness of thy grace, and 
ever remain in the number of thy 
faithful children ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


GY] Then the Minister “shail take the 
Child into his hands, and shall say 
. tothe Godfathers and Godmothers, 


Name this Child. 


4 And then, naming it after them, 
he shall dip it in the Water discreet- 
ly, or shall pour Water upon tt say- 
ing, 

N I baptize thee In the Name of 

e the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


Then the Minister shall say, 


E receive this Child into the 
congregation of Christ’s flock ; 
and do* sign him Here the Mun- 
With the sign of ‘stor shail z 
the Cross in “token Sal soln aaa 
a Cross upon the 
that hereafter he Child? Dad 
shall not be asham- ~"” s forehead, 
ed to confess the faith of Christ eru- 
cified, and manfully to fight under 
his banner, against sin, the world, 
and the devil ; and to continue 
Christ’s faithful soldier and Servant 
unto Ais life’s-end. Amen. 


¥ If those who present the Infant 
shall desire the sign of the Cross to 
be omitted, although the Church 
knows no worthy cause of scruple 
concerning the same, yet in that case 
the Minister may omut that part of 
the above which follows the Immer- 
ston, or the pouring of Water on the 


Infant. 
q Then shall the Minister say, 


EEING now, dearly beloved 
brethren, that this Child is 
regenerate, and grafted into the 
-body of Christ’s Church, let us give 
thanks unto Almighty God for these 
benefits ; and with one accord make 
our prayers unto him, that this 
Child may lead the rest of his life 
according to this beginning. 


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YJ Then shall be said, all kneeling, 


Oe Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom confe. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those whc trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 


¥ Then shall the Minister say, 


Ww. yield thee hearty thanks, most 
merciful Father, that it bath 
pleased thee to regenerate this In- 
Sant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive 
him for thine own Child by adoption, 
and to incorporate him into thy holy 
Church. And humbly we beseech 
thee to grant, that he, being dead 
unto sin, and living unto righteous- 
ness, and being buried with Christ 
in his death, may crucify the old 
man, and utterly avolish the whole 
body of sin ; and that, as he is made 
partaker of the death ‘of thy Son, ke 
may also be partaker of his resurrec- 
tion ; so that finally, with the resi- 
due of thy holy Church, he may 
be an inheritor of thine evyerlastin 
kingdom ; through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


{ Then, all standing up, the Minis- 
ter shall say to the Godfathers and 
Godmothers this Exhortation fol- 
lowing. 


JORASMUCH as this Child hath 

/ promised by you Avs sureties, to 
renounce the devil and all his works, 
to believe in God, and to serve him ; 
ye must remember, that it is your 
parts and duties to see that this In- 
acta be taught, so soon as he shall 
e able to learn, what a solemn 
vow, promise, and. profession, he 
hath here made by you. And that 
he may know these iced the better, 
ye shall call upon Aim to hear Ser- 
mons; and chiefly ye shall provide, 
that Ae may learn the Creed, the 
Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Com- 
mandments, and all other things 
which a Christian ought to know 
and believe to his soul’s health ; and 
that this Child may be virtuously 
brought up to lead a godly and a 
Christian life ; ; remembering always 
that Baptism ‘doth represent unto us 


+ 


PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN. 


our profession ; which is to follow | 


the example of our Saviour Christ, 
and to be made like unto him ; that 
as he died, and rose again for us, so 
should we, who are baptized, die 
from sin, and rise again unto righte- 
ousiess ; continuaily mortifying all 
our evil and corrupt affections, and 
daily proceeding in all virtue and 
godliness of living. 


{Then shall he add, and say, 


E are to take care that this Child 
be brought to the Bishop:to be 
confirmed by him, so soon as he can 
say the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, 
and the Ten Commandments, and is 
sufficiently instructed in the other 
parts of the Church-Catechism set 
forth for that purpose. 





THE MINISTRATION OF 


PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN, 


IN HOUSES. 


J The Minister of every Parish shall often admonish the People, that they 
defer not the Baptism of their Children longer than the first or second Sun- 
day-next after their birth, or other Holy Day falling between, unless upon 


a great and reasonable cause. 


¥ And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necesst- 
ty, they procure not their Children to be baptized at home in their houses. 
But when need shall compel them so to do, then Baptism shall be admin- 


istered as followeth. 


“] First, let the Minister of the Parish (or, in his absence, any other lawful 
Minister that can be procured) with those who are present, call upon God, 
and say the Lord’s Prayer, and so many of the Collects appointed to be 
said before in the Form of Public Baptism, as the time and present exi- 


gence will suffer. 


And then, the Child being named by some one who is 


present, the Minister shall pour Water upon it, saying these words: 


N I baptize thee In the Name of 
e the Father, and of the Son, 
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


¥ Then the Minister shall give thanks 
unto God, and say, 


WE yield thee hearty thanks, most 
merciful Father, that it hath 
pleased thee to regenerate this In- 
fant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive 
him for thine own Child by adoption, 
and to incorporate him into thy holy 
Church. And humbly we beseech 
thee to grant, that he, being dead 
unto sin, and living unto righteous- 
ness, and being buried with Christ 


in his death, may crucify the old 
man, and utterly abolish the whole 
body of sin ; and that, as he is made 
partaker of the death of thy Son, he 
may also be partaker of his resurrec- 
tion ; so that finally, with the resi- 
due of thy holy Church, he may 
be an inheritor of thine everlastin 
kingdom ; through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. . 


q And let them not doubt, but that the 
child so baptized is lawfully and _ 
sufficiently baptized, and ought not 
to be baptized again. Yet never- 
theless, of the Child which is after — 


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this sort baptized, do afterwards 
live, itis expedient that wt be brought 
into the Church, to the intent that 
af the Minister of the same Parish 
did himself baptize that Child, the 
Congregation may be certified of the 
true Form of Baptism, by him pri- 
wately before used: In which case 
he shall say thus : 


CERTIFY you,-that according 

to the due and prescribed Order 
of the Church, at such a time, and at 
such a place, before divers witness- 
es, I baptized this Child. 


9 But tf the Child were baptized by 
any other lawful Minister, then the 
Minister of the Parish where the 
Child was born or Christened, shall 
examine whether the same hath 
been lawfully done. And if the 
Minister shall find, by the answers 
of such as bring the Child, that all 
things were done as they ought to 
be ; then shall he not christen the 
Child again, but shall receive him 
as one of the flock of true Christian 
People saying thus: 


i CERTIFY you, that in this case 
all is well done, and according 
unto due order, concerning the bap- 
tizingy of this Child; who is now 
by Baptism incorporated into the 
_Christian Church ; for our Lord 
Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace 
and mercy unto such Infants, but 
most lovingly doth call them unto 
him, as the holy Gospel doth wit- 
ness to our comfort on this wise. 


¥ Then the Minister shall say as fol- 
lows : or else shall pass on to the 
questions addressed to the Sponsors. 


Hear the words of the Gospel writ- 
ten by St. Mark, in the tenth 
Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse, 


HEY brought young children to 
Christ, that he should touch 
them; and his disciples rebuked 
‘those that brought them. But when 
Jesus saw it, he was much displeas- 
ed, and said unto them, Suffer the 
little children to come unto me, and 
forbid them not, for of such is the 
kingdom of God. Verily I say unto 
you, whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, 
he shall not enter therein. And he 


took them up in his arms, put his 
hands upon them, and blessed them, 


q After the Gospel is read, the Min-- 
ister shall make thts brief Exhorta- 
tion upon the words of the Gospel. 


ELOVED, ye hear in this Gos- 
pel the words of our Saviour 
Christ, that he commanded the chil- 
dren to be brought unto him ; how 
he blamed those who would have 
kept them from him ; how he exhort- 
eth all men to follow their innocen- 
cy. Ye perceive how, by his out- 
ward gesture and deed, he declared 
his good will toward them ; for he 
embraced them in his arms, he laid 
his hands upon them, and blessed 
them. Doubt ye not therefore, but 
earnestly believe, that he hath like- 
wise favorably received this present 
Infant ; that he hath embraced him 
with the arms of his mercy ; and, as 
he hath promised in his holy Word, 
will give unto him the blessing 
of eternal life, and make him par- ~ 
taker of his everlasting kingdom. 
Wherefore, we being thus per- 
suaded of the good will of our hea- 
venly Father, declared by his Son 
Jesus Christ, toward this Infant, let 
us faithfully and devoutly give 
thanks unto him, and say the Prayer 
which the Lord himself taught us. 


Ou Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. ~ Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 


§ Then shall the Minister demand 
the name of the Child ; which be- 
ing by the Godfathers and God- 
mothers pronounced, the Minister 
shall say as follows, 


Daee thou, in the name of this 
Child, renounce the devil and 
all his works, the vain pomp and 
glory of the world, with all covet- 
ous desires of the same, and the sin- 
ful desires of the flesh, so that thou 
wilt not follow, nor be led by them? 
Answer. I renounce them all ; 
and, by God’s help, will endeavor 
not to follow, nor be led by them. 


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PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN. 


Minister. Dost thou believe all 
the Articles of the Christian Faith, 
as contained in the Apostles’ Creed ? 

Answer. Ido. 

Minister,’ Wilt thou then obe- 
diently keep God’s -holy will and 
commandments, and walk in the 
same all the days of thy life ? 

Answer. I will, by God’s help. 


| Then the Minister shall say, 


E receive this Chila into the 
congregation of Christ’s flock ; 
and do*¥ sign,him * Here the Min- 
with the sign of . 5 
aa & ister shall make 
_ the Cross in token 

i a Cross upon the 
that hereafter he Child’s forehead 
shall not be asham- _ ‘ae t 
ed to confess the faith of Christ cru- 
eified, and manfully to fight under 
his banner, against sin, the world, 
and the devil ; and to continue 
Christ’s faithful soldier and servant 

unto Ats life’s end. Amen, 


Q The same Rule is to be observed 


here as to the Omission of the Sign th 


of the Cross, as in the Public Bap- 
tism of Infants. 


¥ Then shall the Minister say, 


EEING now, dearly beloved 
brethren, that this: Child. is 
regenerate, .and grafted into the 
body of Christ’s Church, let us give 
thanks unto Almighty God for these 
benefits ; and with one accord make 
our prayers unto him, that thts 
Child may lead the rest of his life 
according to this beginning. 


| Then shail be said, all kneeling, 


W E yield thee hearty thanks, most 
, merciful Father, that it hath 
' pleased thee to regenerate this In- 
fant with thy holy Spirit, to receive 
him for thine own Child by adop- 
tion, and to incorporate him into thy 
holy Church. And humbly we be- 
seech thee to grant, that he being 
dead unto sin, and living unto right- 
eousness, and being buried with 
Christ in his death, may crucify the 
old man, and utterly abolish the 
whole body of sin ; and that, as he 
ts made partaker of the death of thy 
Son, he may also be partaker of his 
resurrection ; so that finally, with 


the residue of thy holy Church, he - 


may be an inheritor of thine ever- 
lasting kingdom ; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


¥Y Then, all standing up, the Minis- 
ter shall say to the Godfathers and 
Godmothers this Exhortation fol- 
lowing. 
ORASMUCH as this Child hath 
promised by you hts sureties, to 
renounce the devil and all his works, 
to believe in God, and to serve him ; 
ye must remember, that it is your 
parts and duties to see that this In- 
Jant be taught, so soon as he shall 
be able to learn, what a solemn 
vow, promise, and profession, he 
hath here made by you. And that 
he may know these things the better, 
ye shall eall upon him to. hear Ser- 
mons; and chiefly ye shall provide, 
that Ae may learn the Creed, the 
Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Com- 
mandments, and all other things 
which a Christian ought to know 
and believe to his soul’s health ; and 
that this Child may be virtuously- 
brought up to lead a godly and a 
Christian life ; remembering always 
that Baptism doth represent unto us 
our profession ; which is to follow 
the example of our Saviour Christ, 
and to be made like unto him ; that 
as he died, and rose again for us, so 
should we, who are baptized, die 
from sin, and rise again unto right- 
eousness ; continually mortifying all 
our evil and corrupt affections, and 
daily proceeding in all virtue and 
godliness of living. 


¥ Then shall he add, and say, 


E are to take care that this Child 
be brought to the Bishop to be 
confirmed by him, so soon as he can 
say the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, 
and the Ten Commandments, and ts 
sufficiently instructed in the other 
parts of the Church-Catechism set 
forth for that, purpose. 


{J But tf they who bring the Infant 
to the Church do make such uncer- 
tain Answers tothe Minister’s ques- 
tions, as that it cannot appear that 
the Child was baptized with Wa- 
ter, In the Name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost, (which are essential parts of 
Baptism,) then let the Minister bap- 


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BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


tize itin the Form before appointed 
Sor Public Baptism of Infants ; 
saving that at the dipping of the 
Child in the. Font, he shall use this 
form of words: & - 


1% thou art not already baptized, 
‘NN. I baptize thee In the Name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 








q If Infant Baptism, and the receive 
ing of Infants baptized in private, 
are to be at the same time, the Min- 
ister may make the Questions to the 
Sponsors, and the succeeding Pray- 
ers, serve for both. And again, af- 
ter the Immersion, or the pouring 
of Water, and the receiving into the 
Church, the Minister may use the 
remainder of the Service for both. 


\ 


THE MINISTRATION OF 


BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE. OF 
RIPER YEARS, 


AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES. 


YJ When any such Persons as are of riper years are to be baptized, timely 
notice shail be given to the Minister ; that so due care may be taken for 
their examination, whether they be sufficiently instructed in the Princi- 
ples of the Christian Religion ; and that they may be exhorted to prepare 
themselves, with Prayers and Fasting, for the receiving of this holy Sa-- 


crament. 


G And if they shall be found fit, then the Godfathers ard Godmothers (the 
People being assembled upon the Sunday, Holy Day, or Prayer Day ap 
pointed) shall be ready to present them atthe Font, immediately after the 


his discretion, shail think fit. 


second Lesson, etther at Morning or Evening Prayer, as the Minister,in 


J And standing there, the Minister shall ask, whether any of the Persons 
here presented be baptized, or no: If they shail answer, No; then shalt 


the Minister say thus : 


EARLY beloved, forasmuch as 
_all men are conceived and: born 

in sin, (and that which is born of the 
flesh is lesh,) and they whoare in the 
flesh cannot please God, but live in 
sin, committing many actual trans- 
gressions ; and our Saviour Christ 
» saith, None can enter into the king- 
dom of God, except he be regenerate 
and born anew of Water and of the 
Holy Ghost ; I beseech you to call 
upon God the Father, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that of his boun- 
teous goodness, he will grant to these 


/ 


s 


Persons that which by nature they 
cannot have ; that they may be bap- 


tized with Water and the Holy -: 


Ghost, and received into Christ’s ho- 
ly Church, and be made lively mem- 
bers of the same. 


GY Then shall the Minister say, 
Let us pray. 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, 
who of thy great mercy didst save’ 
Noah and his family in the ark from 
perishing by water; and also didst — 


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BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


safely lead the children of Israe! thy 
people through the Red Sea, figuring 
thereby thy holy Baptism ; and by 
the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son 
Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, 
didst sanctify-the element of Water 
to the mystical washing awayof sin; 
we beseech thee, for thine infinite 
mercies, that thou wilt mercifully 
look upon these thy Servants ; wash 
them and sanctify them with the Ho- 
ly Ghost ; that they being delivered 
from thy wrath, may be received 
into the ark of Christ’s Church}; 
and being steadfast in faith, joyful 
through hope, and rooted in charity, 
may so pass the waves of this trou- 
blesome world, that finally they may 
come to the land of everlasting life, 
there to reign with thee, world 
without end ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


q Or this. 


LMIGHTY and immortal God, 

the aid of all who need, the help- 
er of all who flee to thee for succour, 
the life of those who believe, and 
the resurrection of the dead; We 
call upon thee for these Persons, that 
taey, coming to thy holy Baptism, 
may receive remission of their sins, 
by spiritual regeneration. Receive 
them, O Lord, as thou hast promised 
by thy well-beloved Son, saying, 
Ask, and ye shall receive ; seek, and 
ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. So give now unto 
us whe ask; let us who seek, find ; 
open the gate unto us who knock ; 
that these Persons may enjoy the 
everlasting benediction of thy hea- 
venly washing, and may come to 
the eternal kingdom which thou hast 
promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. 


q Then the Minister shall say, 


Hear the words of the Gospel writ- 
ten by St. John, in the third 
Chapter, beginning at the first 
Verse., 


HERE wasa man of the Phari- 
sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler 

of the Jews. The same came to 
Jesus by night, and said unto him. 
Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God ; for no 
man can do these miracles that thou 
doest, except God be with him. Je- 


233 
a 


sus answered and said unto him 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Ex-* 
cept a man be born again, he cannot 
see the kingdom of God. Nicode- 
mus saith unto him, How can a man 
be born when he is old ? can he en- 
ter the second time into his mother’s 
womb, and be born? Jesus answer- 
ed, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born of. water and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into 
the kingdom of God. That which 
is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is spirét. 
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
must be born again. The wind 
bloweth where it listeth, and thou 
hearest the sound thereof; but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and 
whither it goeth: so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit. , 


G After which he shall say this Ex- 
hortation following. 

ELOVED, ye hear in this Gos- 

pel the express words of our Sa- 
viour Christ, that except a man be 
born of Water and of the Spirit, he 
cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. Whereby ye may perceive 
the great necessity of this Sacra- 
ment, where it may be had. Like- 
Wise, immediately before his ascen- 
sion into heaven (as we read in the 
last Chapter of St. Mark’s Gospel,) 
he gave command to his disciples, 
saying, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the Gospel to every crea- 
ture. He that believeth and is bap- 
tized shall be saved; but he that be- 


-lieveth not shall be damned. Which 


also showeth unto us the great be- 
nefit we reap thereby. For which 
cause St. Peter the Apostle, when 
upon his first preaching of the Gos- 
pel many were pricked at the heart, 
and said to him and the rest of the 
Apostles, Men and brethren, what 
shall we do? replied and said unto 
them, Repent, and be baptized every 
one of you for the remission of sins, 
and ye shall receive the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. For the promise is to 
you and your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as Many as 
the Lord our God shall call. And 
with many other words exhorted he 
them, saying, Save yourselves from 
this untoward generation. For (as 
the same Apostle testifieth in another 


% 


‘ 


heirs of 


Se. eC 


BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


place) even Baptism doth also now 


‘save us, (not the putting away of 


the filth of the flesh, but the an- 
swer of a good conscience towards 
God) by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ. Doubt ye not therefore, but 
earnestly believe, that he will fa- 


. vorably receive these present Per- 


sons, truly repenting, and coming 
unto him by faith ; that he will grant 
them remission of their sins, and be- 
stow upon them the Holy Ghost ; that 
he will give them the blessing 
of eternal life, and make them par- 
takers of his everlasting kingdom. 

Wherefore, we being thus per- 
suaded of the good will of our hea- 
venly Father, toward thesePersons, 
declared by his SonJesus Christ, let 
us faithfully and devoutly give 
thanks to him, and say, 


LMIGHTY and everlasting God, 

heavenly Father, we give thee 
humble thanks, for that thou hast 
vouchsafed to call us to the know- 
ledge of thy grace, and faith in thee: 
Increase this knowledge, and con- 
firm this faith in us evermore. Give 
thy Holy Spirit to these Persons that 
they may be born again, and be made 
everlasting salvation ; 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Spirit, now and forever. 
Amen. 


{ Then the Minister shall speak to 
the Persons to be baptized on this 
Wise : 

ELL--BELOVED, who are 
come hither desiring to receive 

holy Baptism, ye have heard how 
the congregation hath prayed, that 
our Lord Jesus Christ would vouch- 
safe 10 receive you and bless you, 
to release you of your sins, to give 
you the kingdom of heaven, and 
everlasting life. Ye have heard al- 
so, that our Lord Jesus Christ hath 
promised in his holy Word to grant 
all those things that we have prayed 
for ; which promise he, for his part, 
will most surely keep and perform. 
Wherefore, after this promise made 


by Christ, ye must also faithfully, 


for your part, in the presence of 
these your Witnesses, and this whole 
congregation, promise and answer 
to the following Questions. - 


© 9 


~ 


q The Minister shall then demand 
of the Persons to be baptized as fol- 
lows ; the questions being considered 
as addressed to them severally, and 
the answers to be made accordingly 


Question. 


OST thou, renounce the devil 
and all his works, the vain pomp 

and glory of the world, with all 
covetous desires of the same, and 
the sinful desires of the flesh, so that 
thou wilt not follow, nor be led by 
them ? 

Answer. I renounce them ail ; 
and, by God’s help, will eudeavor 
not to follow, nor be led by them. 

Question. Dost thou believe all 
the Articles of the Christian Faith, 
as contained in the Apostles’ Creed ? 

Answer. Ido. 
_ Question. Wilt thou be baptized 
in this faith ? 

Answer. That is my desire. 

Question, Wilt thou then obe- 
diently keep God’s holy will and 
commandments, and walk in the 
same all the days of thy life ? 

Answer. 1 will, by God’s help. 


{ Then shall the Minister say, 


MERCIFUL God, grant that 

the old Adam in these Persons 
may be so buried, that the new man 
may be raised up in them. Amen. 

Grant that all sinful affections 
may die in them, and that all things 
belonging to the Spirit may live and 
grow in them. Amen. 

Grant that they may have power 
and strength to have victory, and to 
triumph against the deyul, the world, 
and the flesh. Amen. 

Grant that they, being here de- 
dicated to thee by our office and 
ministry, may also be endued with 
heavenly virtues, and everlastingly 
rewarded, through thy mercy, O 
blessed Lord God, who dost live, and 
govern all things, world without 
end. Amen. 


LMIGHTY, everliving God, 

whose most dearly beloved Son 
Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of 
our sins, did shed out of his most 
precious side both water and blood ; 
and gave commandment to his dis- 
ciples, that they should go teach all 
nations, and baptize them In the 


34 


BAPTISM OF THOSE OF RIPER YEARS. 


Name of the Father, and of the Son 
and of the Holy Ghost ; Regard, we 
beseech thee, the supplications of 
thy congregation ; sanctify this Wa- 
ter to the mystical washing away 
of sin; and grant that the Persons 
now to be baptized therein, may re- 
ceive the fulness of thy grace, and 
ever remain in the number of thy 
faithful children ; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 
¥Y Then shall the Minister take each 
Person to be baptized by the right 
hand ; and placing him _ sonveni- 
ently by the Font, according to his 
discretion, shall ask the Godfathers 
and Godmothers the Name ; and 
then shall dip him in the water, or 
pour water upon him, saying, 
I baptize thee In the Name of 
e the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


§ Then shall the Minister say, 

E receive this Person into the 

congregation of Christ’s flock ; 
and do* sign him 
with the sign of 
the Cross in token 
that hereafter he a Cross upon the 
shallnotbeasham- Person’s fore- 
ed to confess the Aead. 
faith of Christ cru- 
_eified, and manfully to fight under 
his banner, against sin, the world, 
and the devil ; and to continue 
Christ’s faithful soldier and servant 
unto is life’s end. Amen. 


* Here the Min- 
aster shall make 


q The same Rule as to the Omission 
of the Sign of the Cross, ts to be ob- 
served here as in the Baptism of 


Infants. 
{ Then shall the Minister say, 
Q EEING now, dearly beloved 
\O brethren, that these Persons are 
regenerate, and grafted into the 
body of Christ’s Church, let us give 
thanks unto Almighty God for these 
benefits ; and with one accord make 
our prayers unto ‘him, that they 
may lead the rest of their life accord- 
ing to this beginning. 


G Then shall be said the Lord’s Pray- 
- er, all kneeling. 

0° OR Father, who art in fetieen’ 

Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 

kingdom come. Thy will be ‘done 


. 


mae Y 


on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 


E yield thee humble thanks, O 

heavenly Father, that thou hast 
vouchsated to callus to the know- 
ledge of thy grace and faith ir thee; 
Increase this knowledge, and con- 
firm this faith in us evermore. Give 
thy Holy Spirit to these Persons ; that 
being now born again, and made 
heirs of everlasting salvation,through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, they may con- 
tinue thy Servants, and attain thy 
promises ; through the same Lord 
Jesus Christ thy” Son, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee, in the unity 
of the same Holy Spirit, everlast- 
ingly. Amen. 


{| Then, all standing up, the Minis- 
ter shall use this Exhortation fol- 
lowing ; speaking to the Godfath- 
ers and Godmothers first. 


ORASMUCH as these Persons 

have promised, in your presence, 
to renounce the devil and all his’ 
works, to believe in God, and to 
serve him ; ye must remember, that 
itis your part and duty to put them in 
mind, what a solemn vow, promise, 
and profession, they have now made 
before this congregation, and espe- 
cialiy before you their chosen wit- 
nesses. And ye are alsoto call up- 
on them to use all diligence to be 
rightly instructed in “God’s holy 
Word; that so they may grow in 
grace, ‘and in the knowledge of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, and live godly, 
righteously, and soberly, in this pre- 
sent world. 


q And then, speaking to the baptized 
Persons, he shall proceed and say, 


ND as for you, who have now 

by Baptism put on Christ, it is 
your part and duty also, being made 
the children of God and of the light, 
by faith in Jesus Christ, to walk an- 
swerably to your Christian calling, 
and as becometh the children of 
light ; remembering always that 
Baptism representeth unto us our 
profession ; which is to follow the 
example of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 


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“a 


A CATECHISM. 


and to be made like unto him ; that as 
he died, and rose again for us, so 
should we, who are baptized, die 
from sin, and rise again unto righte- 
ousuess ; continually mortifying ‘all 
our evil and corrupt affections, and 
daily proceeding in all yirtue and 
godliness of living. 


G Jt is expedient that every Person, 
thus Baptized, should be confirmed 
by the Bisnop, so soon after his Bap- 
tusm as convenieniently may be ; 
that so he may be admitted to the 
Holy Communion. 

J Whereas necessity may require the 
baptizing of Adults im private 
houses, in consideration of extreme 
sickness ; the same is hereby allow- 
ed in that case. And a convenient 
number of persons shall be assem- 
bled in the house where the Sacra- 
ment ts to be performed. And in 
the Exhortation, Well-beloved, §c, 
instead of these words, come hither 
desiring, shall be inserted this word, 
desirous. 

G If there be occasion for the Office 
of Infant Baptism and that of 


Adults at the same time, the Minis- 
ter shall use the exhortation and 
one of the prayers next following 
in the Office of Adults ; only in the 
exhortation and prayer, after the 
words, these Persons, and these 
thy servants, adding and these In- 
fants. Then the Minister shall pro- 
ceed to the questions to be demand- 
ed in the. cases respectively. After 
the tmmersion, or the pouring of 
water, the prayer shall be as in this 
service ; only, after the words, these 
Persons shall be added, and these 
Infants. After which the remain- 
ing part of each service shall be us- 
ed ; first that for Adults, and last- 
ly that for infants. 

q Lf any persons not baptized in thetr 
anfancy, shail be brought to be bap- 
tized before they come to years of 
discretion to answer for themselves, 
at may suffice to use the Office for 
Public Baptusm of Infants ; or, in 
case of extreme danger, the Ojfice 
for Private Baptism ; only chang- 
ing the word Infant, for Child, or 
Person, as occasion requireth. 





A CATECHISM ; 


THAT IS TO SAY, 


AN INSTRUCTION, TO BE LEARNED BY EVERY PERSON 
BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED 


BY THE 
Question. 
HAT'1s your Name? 
_ Answer. N. or M. ; 
Question. Who gave you this 
Name? a 


Answer. My Sponsors in Baptism ; 
wherein I was made a member of 
Christ, the child of God, and an in- 
heritor of the kingdom‘of heaven. 

Question. What did your Spon- 
sors then for you ? 

Answer. ‘They did promise and 
vow three things in my name. 
First, that I should renounce the 


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2 


BISHOP. 


‘ 


devil and all his works, the 
pomps andvanity of this wicked 
world, and all the sinful lusts of the 
flesh. Secondly, that I should be- 
lieve all the Articles of the Chris- 
tian Faith. And Thirdly, that I 
should keep God’s holy will and 
commandments, and walk in the 
same all the days of my life. 
Question. Dost thou not think 


that thou art bound to believe, and 


to do, as they have promised for 
thee ? : 
Answer. Yes, verily ; and by God’s 


q 


A CATECHISM. 


helpsoI will. AndI heartily thank 
our heavenly Father, that he hath 
called me to this state of salvation, 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
And I pray unto God to give me his 
grace, that I may continue im the 
same unto my life’s end. 

' Chatechist. Rehearse the Arti- 
cles of thy Belief. 

Answer. 


BELIEVE in God the Father 

Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
earth ; And in Jesus Christ his only 
Son our Lord ; Who was conceiv- 
ed by the Holy Ghost, Born of the 
Virgm Mary ; Suffered under Pon- 
tius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and 
buried ; He descended inte hell, The 
third day he rose from the dead; 
He ascended into heaven, And sit- 
teth on the right hand of God the 
Father Almighty ; From thence he 
shall come to judge the quick and 
the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The 
holy Catholic Church, The Commu- 
nion of Saints ; The Forgiveness 
of sins; The Resurrection of the 
body ; And the Life everlasting. 
Amen. 


Question. What dost thou chief- 


ly learn in these Articles of thy Be- 


lief ? ; 
_ Answer. First, [learn to believe 
in God the Fathers who hath made 


me, and all the world. x 


Secondly, in God the Son, who 
hath redeemed me, and all mankind. 

Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, 
who sanctifieth me, and all the peo- 
ple of God. 

Question. You said that your 
Spousors did promise for you, that 
you should keep God’s Command- 
ments. Tell me how many there 


are? 
Ten. 


Answer. 
Question. Which are they ? 
Answer. 


HE same which God spake in the 
twentieth Chapter of Exodus, 
saying, I am the Lord thy God, who 
brought thee out of the land of 
ESyPh, out of the house of bondage. 
. Thou shalt have none other 
gods but me. 
II. Thou shalt not make to thyself 


any graven image, nor the likeness 
of any thing that is in heaven above, 
or i the earth beneath, or in the wa- 
ter under the earth. Thou shalt not 
bow to them, nor worship them: for 
I the Lord thy God am a Jealous God, 
and visit the sins of the fathers upon 
the children, unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate 
me ; and show mercy unto thousands 
in them that love me, and keep my 
commandments, 

III. Thou shalt not take the Name 
of the Lordthy God in vain: forthe 
Lord will not bold him guiltless, that 
taketh his Name in vain. 

IV. Remember that thou keep holy 
the Subbath-day. Six days shalt thou 
labor, and do all that thou hast to do; 
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of 
the Lord thy God. Init thou shalt 
do no manner of work; thou, and 
thy son, and thy daughter, thy man- 
servant, and thy maid-servant, thy 
cattle, and the stranger that is with- 
in thy gates. For in six days the 
Lord made heaven and earth, the 
sea, and all that in them is, and rest- 
ed the seventh day: wherefore the’ 
Lord blessed the seventh day, and 
hallowed it. 

V. Honor thy father and thy mo- 
ther; that thy days may be long in 
the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

VI. Thou shalt do no murder. 

VIL. Thou shalt not commit adul- 
tery. 

VIII. Thou shalt not steal. 

1X. Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
ness against thy neighbor. 

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
bor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbor’s wife, nor his servant, nor 
his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor 
any thing that is his. 

Question. What dost thou chiefly 
learn by these Commandments ? 

Answer. I learn two things; my 
duty towards God, and my duty to- 
wards my Neighbor. 

Question. What is thy duty to- 
wards God. 


Answer. My duty towards God, is . 


to believe in him, to fear him, and to 
love him with all my heart, with all 
my mind, with all my soul, and with 
all my strength; to worship nim, to 
vive him thanks, to put my whole 


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A CATECHISM. 


trust in him, to call upon him, to 
honor his holy Name and his Word, 
aud to serve him truly all the days 
of my life. 

Question. What is thy duty to- 
wards thy Neighbor ? 

Answer, My duty towards my 
Neighbor, is to love him as myself, 
and to do to all men, asI would they 
shouid do unta me: To love, honor, 
and succor my tather and mother: 
To honor and obey the ciyil authori- 
ty: To submit myself to all my go- 
vernors, teachers, spiritual pastors 
and masters : To order myself lowly 
and reyerently to all my betters: To 
hurt nobody by word or deed: To be 
true and just in all my dealings: To 
bear no malice nor hatred in my 
heart: To keep my hands from pick- 
ing and stealing, and my tongue from 
evil speaking, lying, and slandering : 
To keep my body in temperance, 
soberness, and chastity : Not to covet 
nor desire other men’s goods; but to 
learn and labor truly to get mine own 
living, and to do my duty in that 
state of life unto Which it shall please 
God to call me. 

Catechist. My good Child, know 
this; that thov art not able to do 
these things of thyself, nor to walk 
in the Commandments of God, and 
to serve him, without his special 
grace; which thou must learn atall 
times to call for by diligent prayer. 
Let me hear, therefore, if thou canst 


say the Lord’s prayer. 
Gye Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it isin heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; But 
deliver us from evil. Amen. 

Question. What desirest thou of 
God in this Prayer? 

Answer. I desire my Lord God, our 
heavenly Father, who is the giver 
of all goodness, to send his grace 
unto me, and to all people; that we 
may worship him, serve him, and 
obey him, as we ought todo. And 
I pray unto God, that he wiil send us 
all things that are needful both for 


Answer. 


+ 


our souls and bodies; and that he 
will be merciful unto us, and forgive 
us our sins; and that it will please 
him to save and defend us in all dian- 
gers both of soul and body; and that 
he will keep us from all sin and 
wickedness, and from our spiritual 
enemy, and from everlasting death. 
And this I trust he will do of his 
mercy and goodness, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore I 
say, Amen, So be it. 


Question. 


OW many Sacraments hath 
Christ ordained in his Church ? 

Answer. Two only, as generally 
necessary to salvation; that is to 
say, Baptism, aud the Supper of the 
Lord. 

Question. What meanest thou by 
this word Sacrament ? 

Answer. I mean an outward and 
visible sign of an inward and spirit- 
ual grace given unto us; ordained 
by Christ himself, as a means where- 
by we receive the same, and a pledge 
to assure us thereof. 

Question. How many parts are 
there in a Sacrament ? 

Answer. Two; the outward yvisi- 
ble sign, and the inward spiritual 
grace. 

Question. What is the outward 
visible sign or form in Baptism ? 

Answer. Water ; wherein the per- 
son is baptized, In the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

(Question. What is the inward and 
spiritual grace? v 

Answer. A death unto sin, and a 
new birth unto righteousness: for 
being by nature born in sin, and the 
children of wrath, we are hereby 
made the children of grace. 

(Question. What is required of per- 
sons to be baptized ? 

Answer, Repentance, whereby 
they forsake sin; and Faith, where- 
by they steadfastly believe the pro- 
mises of God made to them in that 
Sacrament. 

Question. Why then are Infants 


baptized, when, by reason of their 
tender age they cannot, perform — 


them ? 


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’ ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. 


them both by their Sureties; which 
promise, when they come to age, 
themselves are bound to perform. 

Question. Why was the Sacrament 
of the Lord’s Supper ordained ? 

Answer. For the continual remem- 
brance of the sacrifice of the death 
of Christ, and of the benefits which 
we receive thereby. 

Question. What is the outward 
part or sign of the Lord’s Supper ? 

Answer. Bread and Wine, which 
the Lord hath commanded to be re- 
ceived. 

Question. What is the inward part, 
or thing signified ? 

Answer. The Body and Blood of 
Christ. which are spiritually taken 


and received by the faithful in the 
Lord’s Supper. 
Question. What are the benefits 
whereof we are partakers thereby ? 
Answer. The strengthening and 
refreshing of our souls by the Body 
and Blood of Christ, as our bodies 
are by the Bread and Wine. 
Question. What is required of 
those who come to the Lord’s Supper. 
Answer. 'To examine themselves, 
whether they repent them truly 
of their former sins, steadfastly 
purposing to lead a new life; have 
a lively faith in God’s mercy through 
Christ, with a thankful remembrance 
of his death : and be in charity with 
all men. 


J The Minister of every Parish shall diligently, upon Sundays and Holy 
Days, or on some other convenient occasions, openly in the Church, instruct 
or examine so many Children of his Parish, sent unto him, as he shall think 
convenient, in some part of this Catechism. 

Gf And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Mistresses, shall cause their 
Children, Servants, and Apprentices, who have not learned their Catechism, 
to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear and to 


be ordered by the Minister, u 
here appointed for them to learn. 


until such time as they have ee all that is 


§ So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say the Creed, 
the Lord's Prayer, and the.Ten Commandments, and can answer to the other 
questions of this short Catechism, they shall be brought to the Bishop. 

{] And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought 
unto him for their Confirmation, the Minister of every Parish shall either 
bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed thereunto, the Names 
of all such persons within his Parish, as he shall think fit to be presented to 


the Bishop to be confirmed. 








THE OZDER OF 


CONFIRMATION, 


OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE WHO ARE BAP- 
TIZED, AND COME TO YEARS OF DISCRETION. 


{] Upon the day appointed, all that are to be then confirmed, being placed and 
standing in order before the Bishop ; he, or some other Minister appointed 
by him, shall read this Preface following. 


A bee the end that Confirmation may ing of such as shall receive it, the 
be ministered to the more edify- Church hath thought good to order, 


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ORDER OF CONFIRMATION, 


& 


That none shall be confirmed, but 
‘such as can say the Creed, the Lord’s 
Prayer, and the Ten Command- 
ments; and can also answer to such 
other Questions, as in the short Cate- 
chism are contained: which order is 
very convenient to be observed; to 
the end, that children, being now 
come to the years of discretion, and 
having learned what their Godfa- 
thers and Godmothers promised for 
them in Baptism, may themselves, 
With their own mouth and consent, 
openly before the Church, ratify and 
confirm the same ; and also promise, 
that, by the grace of God, they will 
evermore endeavor themselves faith- 
fully to observe such things, as they, 
by their own confession, have assent- 
ed unto. 


q Then shall the Bishop say, 


Dp? ye here, in the presence of God, 
and of this congregation, renew 
the solemn promise and vow that ye 
made, or that was in your name, at 
your Baptism; ratifying and con- 
firming the same; and acknowledg- 
ing yourselves bound to believe and 
to doall those things which ye then 
undertook, or your Sponsors then un- 
dertook for you? 


¥ And every one shall audibly answer, 
I do. 
Bishop. 
Ce help is inthe Name of the 
Lord ; 


Answer. Who hath made heaven 
and earth. 

Bishop. Blessed be the Name of 
the Lord; 

Answer. Henceforth, world with- 
out end. 

Bishop. Lord, hear our prayer. 

Answer. And let our cry come unto 
thee. 

Bishop. Let us pray. 


LMIGHTY and everliving God, 
who hast vouchsafed to regene- 
rate these thy servants by Water and 
the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto 
them forgiveness of all facts sins ; 
Strengthen them, we beseech thee, 
O Lord, with the Holy Ghost, the 
Comforter, and daily increase in 
them thy manifold gifts of grace; 
the spirit of wisdom and understand- 


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* and for ever. 


ing, the spirit of counsel and ghostly 
strength, the spirit of knowledge and 
true godliness ; and fill them,O Lord, 
with the spirit of thy holy fear, now 
Amen, 


{| Then all of them in order kneeling 
before the Bishop, he shall lay his 
hands upon the head of every one 
severally, saying, 

Pig iueee O Lord, this thy Child, 

[or, this thy Servant] with thy 
heavenly grace; that he may con- 
tinue thine for ever; and daily in- 
crease in thy Holy Spirit more and 
more, until he come unto thy ever- 
lasting kingdom. Amen. 


Y Then shali the Bishop say, 
The Lord be with you. 


Answer. And with thy spirit. 


Y And all kneeling down, the Bishop 
shall add, 
Let us pray. 

(a Father, who art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy Name. .Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil. Amen.” 


¥ And these Collects. 
LMIGHTY and everliving God, 
who makest us both to will and 
to do those things which are good, 
and acceptable unto thy Divine Ma- 
jesty ; We make our humble suppli- 
cations unto thee for these thy ser- 
vants, upon whom, after the exam- 
ple of thy holy Apostles, we have 
now laid our hands, to certify them, 
by this sign, of thy favor and gra- | 
cious goodness towards them. Let 
thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, | 
ever be over them; let thy Holy 
Spirit ever be with them; and so 
lead them in the knowledge and obe- 
dience of thy Word, that in the end 
they may obtain everlasting life; 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
With thee and the Holy Ghost liveth 
and reigneth, ever one God, world 
without end. .Amen 


ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlast- | 
ing God, vouchsafe, we beseech 


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SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 


thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, 
both our hearts and bodies, in the 
ways of thy laws, and in the works 
of thy commandments ; that, through 
thy most mighty protection both here 
and ever, we may be preserved in 
body and soul; through our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 


Yo Then the Bishop shall bless them, 
saying thus, 


4 Phe Blessing of God Almighty, 
i the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost; be upon you, and remain with 
you tor ever. Amen. 


¥ And there shall none be admitted to 
the Holy Communion, until such 
time as he be confirmed, or be ready 
and desirous to be confirmed. 








THE FORM OF 


SOLEMNIZATION 


OF MATRIMONY. 


§] The laws respecting Matrimony, whether by publishing the Bans in 
churches, or by License, being different in the several States, every Minis- 
ter is left to the direction of those laws, in every thing that regards the 


civil contract between the parties. 


J And when the Bans are published, it shall be in the following form: I 


publish the Bans of Marriage between M. of 





, and NV. of - 





If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons 

- should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it. 
This is the first [second or third] time of asking. 

q At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of Matrimony, the Per- 
sons to be married shall come into the body of the Church, or shall be ready 
in some proper house, with their friends and neighbors ; and there standing 
tugcther, the Man on the right hand, and the Woman on the left, the Min- 


ister shall say, 


RN uerpetd beloved, we are gather- 
ed together here in the sight of 
God, and in the face of this compa- 
ny, to join together this Man and this 
Woman in holy Matrimony ; which 
it commended of St. Paul to be hon- 
orable among all men: and therefore 
is not by any to be entered into unad- 
visedly or lightly; but reverently, 
discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in 
the fear of God. Into this holy estate 
these two persons present come now 
to be joined. If any man can show 
Just cause, why they may not law- 
fully be joined together, let him now 
speak, or else hereafter for ever hold 
his peacg.. ' 





¥ And also speaking unto the Per- 
sons who are to be married, he shall 
say, 


| REQUIRE and charge you both 
as ye Will answer at the dreadful 
day of judgment, when the secrets 
of all hearts shall be disclosed, that 
if either of you know any impedi- 
ment, why ye may not be lawfully 
joined together in Matrimony, ye da 
now confess it. For be ye well as- 
sured, that if any persons are joined 
together otherwise than as God’s 

ord doth allow, their marriage is 
not lawful. 


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SOLEMNIZATION 


The Minister, if he shall have rea- 
son to doubt of the lawfulness of the 
proposed Marriage, may demand 
sufficient surety for his indemnifi- 
cation: but if no impediment shall 
be alleged, or suspected, the Minis- 
ter shall say to the Man, 


WILT thou have this Woman 

e to thy wedded wife, to live to- 

4 mast after God’s ordinance in the 

oly estate of Matrimony? Wilt 

thou love her, comfort her, honor, 

and keep her in sickness. and in 

health; and, forsaking all others, 

keep thee only unto het, so long as 
ye both shall live? 


J The Man shall answer, 
I will. 


J Then shall the Minister say unto 
the Woman, 

WILT thou have this Man to 

e thy wedded husband, to live to- 

gether after God’s ordinance i in the 

holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt 

thou obey him, and serve him, love, 

honor, and keep him in sickness 

and in health; and, forsaking all 

others, keep thee only unto him, so 
long as ye both shall live ? 


I The Woman shall answer, 
I will. 
VT Tien shall the Minister say, 
Who giveth this Woman to be 
married to this Man? 


| Then shall they give their Troth to 
each other in this manner. The 
Minister, receiving the Woman at 
her father’s or friend's hands, shall 
cause the Man with his right hand 


, totakethe Woman by herright hand, 


and to say after him as folioweth, 


| M. take thee NV. to my wedded 
wife, to have and to hold from 
this day forward, for better for 
worse, for richer for poorer, insick- 
ness and in health, to love and to 
cherish, till death us do part, accord- 
ing to ’God’s holy ordinance ; and 
thereto I plight thee my troth. 


| Then shall they loose their hands ; 
and the Woman with her right hand 
taking the Man by his right hand, 
shall likewise say after the: Minis- 
ter: 


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OF MATRIMONY. 
’ 


NM. take thee M. to my wedded 

husband, to have and to hold from 
this day forward, for better for” 
worse, for richer for poorer, in sick- 
ness and in health, to love, cherish, 
and to obey, till death us do part, ac- 
cording to God’s holy ordinance ; 


‘and thereto I give thee my troth. 


VT Then shall they again loose their 
hands ; and the Man shall give un= 
to the Woman a Ring. And the 
Minister taking the Ring, shall de- 
liver it unto the Man, to put it upon 
the fourth finger of the Woman's 
left hand. And the Man holding 
the Ring there, and taught by the 
Minister, shall say, 


ITH this Ring I thee wed, and 

with all my ” worldly goods I 
theeendow: In the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 


Then the Man, leaving the Ring 
upon the fourth finger of the Wo- 
man’s left hand, the Minister shall 
Say, 

Let us pray. 


UR Father, who art in heaven, 

- Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it isin heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we forgive 
those who trespass against us. And 
lead us not into temptation ; But de- 
liver us from evil. Amen. 


ETERNAL God, Creator and 

Preserver of all mankind, Giver 
of all spiritual grace, the Author of 
everlasting life; Send thy blessing 
upon these thy servants, ‘this man 
and this woman, whom we bless in 
thy Name; that, as Isaac and Re- 
becca lived faithfully together, so 
these persons mayi surely perform 
and keep the vow and covenant be- 
twixt them made, (whereof this 
Ring given and received isa token 
and ‘pledge,) and may ever remain 
in perfect love and peace together, - 
and live according to thy “laws j 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. , 
1 Then shail the Minister join their 

right hands together, and say, 

Those whom God hath joined to- 

gether let no man Pus aspect 





VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


1 Then shall the Minister speak unto 
the company : 


ORASMUCH as M. and N. have 

' consented together in holy wed- 
lock, and have witnessed the same 
before God and this company, and 
thereto have given and pledged their 
troth, each to the other, and have 
declared the same by giving and re- 
ceiving a Ring, and by joiming 
hands; I pronounce that they are 
Man and Wife, In the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 


| And the Minister shall add this 
blessing 3 


(79° the Father, God the Son, God 
the Holy Ghost, biess, preserve, 
and keep you; the Lord mercifwly 
with his favor look upon you, and 
fill you with all spiritual benediction 
and grace; that ye may so live to- 
gether in this life, that in the world 
to come ye may have life everlast- 
ing. Amen. 


THE ORDER FOR 


THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


TI When any person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of 
the Parish ; who, coming into the sick person’s house, shall say, 


PEACE be to this house, and to 
all that dwell in it. 


I] When he cometh into the sick man’s 
presence, he shall say, kneeling 
down, 


EMEMBER not, Lord, our _ini- 
quities, nor the inignities of our 
forefathers; Spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people, whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy most precious 
blood, and be not angry with us for 
ever. 
Answer. Spare us, good Lord. 


YJ Then the Minister shall say, 
Let us pray. 


Lord, have mercy upon us 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 


Oo® Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. 

kingdom come. Thy will be dore on 
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread. , And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 


Thy 


And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. Amen. 


Minister. O Lord, save thy ser- 
vant; 

Answer. Who putteth his trust in 
thee. 

Minister. Send him help from thy 
holy place ; 

Answer. And evermore mightily 
defend him. 

Minister. Let the enemy have no 
advantage of him; 

Answer. Nor the wicked approach 
to hurt Aim. 

Minister, Be unto him, O Lord, a 
strong tower, 

Answer. From the face of hts ene- 


Winister. O Lord, hear our prayer. 
Answer. And let our ery come un-= 
to thee. 
Minister. 


0 LORD, look down from heaven, 
behold, visit, and relieve this thy 
servant. Look upon him with the 
eyes of thy mercy, give him com.ort 
and sure confidence in thee, defend 


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VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


him from the danger of the enemy, 
and keep him in perpetual peace and 
safety ; «through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. - Amen. 


Hee? us, Almighty and most 
merciful God and Saviour ; 3 ex- 
tend thy accustomed goodness to 
this thy servant, who isgrieved with 
sickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, 
this thy fatherly correction to him ; 
that the sense of Avs weakness may 
add strength to Ais faith, and seri- 
ousness to his repentance : That, if 
it shall be thy good pleasure to re- 
store him to his former health, he 
may lead the residue of his life in 
thy fear, and to thy glory: or else, 
give him grace so to take thy visi- 
tation, that, after this painful life 
ended, he may dwell with thee in life 
everlasting ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 
T Then shall the Minister exhort the 
sick person after this form, or other 
like. 


Pier ae beloved, know this, that 
Almighty God is the Lord of life 
and death, and of all things to them 
pertaining; as youth, strength, 
health, age, weakness, and sickness. 
Wherefore, whatsoever your sick- 
‘ness be, know you certainly that it 
is God’s visitation. And for what 
cause soever this sickness be sent 
unto you ; whether it be to try your 
patience for the example of others, 
and that your faith may be found, in 
the day of the Lord, laudable, elori- 
ous, and honorable, to the increase 
of glory and endless felicity ; or else 
it be sent unto you to correct and 
amend in you whatsoever doth of- 
fend the eyes of your heavenly Fa- 
- ther; know you certainly, that if 
you truly repent you of your sins, 
and bear your sickness patiently, 
trusting in God’s mercy for his dear 


Son Jesus Christ’s sake, and render. 


unto him humble thanks for his fa- 
therly visitation, submitting yourself 
wholly unto his will, it shall turn to 
your profit, and help you forward in 
the right way that leadeth unto ever- 
lasting life. 


I If the person visited be very sick, 
then the Minister may end his Ex- 
hortation in this place, or else pro- 
ceed. 


(BAKE therefore in good part the 
chastisement of the Lord: For 
(as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth ~ 
Chapter to the shastenet whom the 
Lord loveth he chasteneth,and scour- 
geth every son whom he “receiveth. 
If ye endure chastening, God deal- 
eth with you as with sons; -for what 
son is he whom the Father chasten- 
eth not? But if ye be without chas- 
tisement, whereof ali are partakers, 
then are ye bastards, and not sons. 
Furthermore, we have had fathers 
of our flesh, which corrected us, and 
Wwe gave them reverence: shall we 
not much rather bein subjection ul- 
to the Father of spirits, and live? 
For they verily for a few days chas- 
tened us after their own pleasure ; 
but he for our profit, that we might 
be partakers of his holiness. These 
words, good brother, are written in 
holy Scripture for our comfort and 
instruction ; that we should patient- 
ly, and with thanksgiving, bear our 
heavenly F ather’s correction, when- 
soever, by any manner of adversity, 
it shali please his-gracious goodness 
to visit us. And there should be no 
greater comfort to Christian persons, 
than to be made like unto Christ, 
by suffering patiently adversities, 
troubles, and sickness. For he him- 
self Went not up to joy, but first he 
suffered pain; he entered not into 
his glory before he was crucified. So 
truly our way to eternal joy is tosuf- 
fer here with Christ; and our door 
to enter into eternal life is gladly to 
die with Christ; that we may rise 
again from death, and dwell with 
him in everlasting life. Now there- 
fore, taking your “sickness, which is 
thus profitable for you, patiently, I 
exhort you, in the Name of God, to 
remember the profession which you 
made unto God in your Baptism. 
And forasmuch as after this life there 
isan account to be given unto the 
righteous Judge, by whom all must 
be judged, without respect of per- 
sons, I require you to examine your- 
self and your estate, both toward 
God and man ; so that, accusing and 
condemning yourself for your own 
faults, you may find mercy at our 
heavenly Father’s hand for Christ’s 
sake, and not be accused and con- 
demned in that fearful judgment. 


244 ; 


VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


Therefore! shall rehearse to you the 
Articles of our Faith ; that you may 
know whether you do believe asa 
Christian man should, or no. 


| Here the Minister shall rehearse the 
Articles of the Faith, saying thus, 


OST thou believe in God the Fa- 
ther Almighty, Maker of heaven 
and earth ? 

And in Jesus Christ his only-begot- 
ten Son our Lord? And that he was 
conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of 
the Virgin Mary; that he suffered 
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, 
dead, and buried ; that he went down 
into hell, and also did rise again the 
third day ; that he ascended into hea- 
ven, and sitteth on the right hand of 
God the Father Almighty ; and from 
thence shall come again, at the end 
of the world, to judge the quick and 
the dead ? 

And dost thou believe in the Holy 
Ghost; the holy. Catholic Church, 
the Communion of Suints; the Re- 
mission of sins; the Resurrection of 
the flesh ; and everlasting Life after 
death ? 


1 The sick person shall answer, 
And this I steadfastly believe. 


J Then shall the Minister examine 
whether he repent him truly of his 
sins, and be in charity with all the 
world; exhorting him to forgive, 
from the bottom of his heart, all per- 
sons that have offended him ; and if 
he hath offended any other, to ask 
them forgiveness ; and where he hath 
done injury or wrong to any man, 
that hemake amends to the uttermost 
of his power. And if he hath not 
before disposed of his goods, let him 
then be admonished to make his Will, 
and to declare his Debts, what he 
oweih, and what is owing unto him, 
for the better discharging of his 
conscience, and the quietness of his 
Executors. But men should often 
be put in remembrance to take order 
for the settling of their temporal es- 
tates, whilst they are in health. 

The Exhortation before rehearsed, 
may be said before the Minister be- 
gin his Prayer, as he shall see cause. 

WT The Minister shall not omit earnest- 
ly to move such sick persons as are 
of ability, to be liberal to the poor. 


1 And then the Minister shall say the 
Collect following. 


Let us pray. 


MOST merciful God, who ac- 

cording to the multitude of thy 
mercies, dost so putaway the sins of 
those who truly repent, that thou re- 
memberest them no more; Open 
thine eye of mercy upon this thy ser- 
vant, who most earnestly desireth 
pardon and forgiveness. Renew in 
him, most loving Father, whatso- 
ever hath been decayed by the fraud 
and malice of the devil, or by Ais 
own carnal will and frailness ; pre- 
serve and continue tlis sick member 
in the unity of the Church ; consider 
his contrition, accept Ais tears, as- 
suage his pain, as shall seem to thee 
most expedient for Aim. And foras- . 
much as Ae putteth his full trust in 
thy mercy, impute not unto him his 
former sins, but strengthen him with 
thy blessed Spirit; and, when thou 
art pleased to take him hence, take 
him unto thy favor; through the 
merits of thy most dearly beloved | 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Then shall the Minister say this 
| Psalm. 


Psalm cxxx. De Profundis. 


Oo of the deep have I called unto 
_thee,O Lorn; Lord, hear my 
voice. 

O let thine ears consider well the 
voice of my complaint. 

If thou, Lory, wilt be extreme to 
mark what is done amiss; O Lord, 
who may abide it? 

For there is merey with thee; 
therefore shalt thou be feared. 

I look for the Lorp; my soul doth 
wait for him; in his word is my 
trust. 

My-soul fleeth unto the Lord, be- 
fore the morning watch; I say, be- 
fore the morning watch. 

O Israel, trust in the Lorp; for 
with the Lorp there is mercy; and 
with him is plenteous redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from 
all his sins. : 


q Adding this. 
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SAVIOUR of the world, who by 
thy Cross and precious Blood 


VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


hast redeemed us ; Save us, and help 
us, we humbly beseech thee, O 
Lord. 


J Then shall the Minister say, 


HE Almighty Lord, who is a most 
strong tower to all those who put 
their trust in him, to whom all things 
in heaven, in earth, and under the 
earth, do bow and obey, Be now and 
evermore: thy defence; and make 
thee know and feel,that there is none 
other Name under heaven given to 
man, in whom, and through whom, 
thou mayest receive health and sal- 
vation, but only the Name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 


q Here the Minister may use any 
part of the service of this book, 
which, in his discretion, he shall 
think convenient to the occasion ; 
and after that shall say, 


NTO God’s gracious mercy and 

protection we commit thee. The 
Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The 
Lord make his face to shine up- 
on thee, and be gracious unto thee. 
The Lord lift up his countenance 
upon thee, and give thee peace, both 
now and evermore. Amen. 


§ Prayers which may be said with 
the foregoing service, or any part 
thereof, at the discretion of the Min- 
aster. 

A Prayer for a sick Child. 


ALMIGHTY God, and merciful 

Father, to whom alone belong 
the issues of life and death; Look 
down from heaven, we humbly be- 
seech thee, with the eyes of mercy 
upon this child, now lying upon the 
bed of sickness : Visit him, O Lord, 
with thy salvation; deliver him in 
thy good appointed time from his bo- 
dily pain, and save his soul for thy 
mercies’ sake: That, if it shall be 
thy pleasure to prolong Ais days here 
on earth, he may live to thee, and be 
an instrument of thy glory, by serv- 
ing thee faithfully, and doing good 
in his generatica; or else receive 
him into those heavenly habitations, 
where the souls of those who sleep 
in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual 
rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, 
for thy mercies’ sake, in the same 
thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who 


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liveth and reigneth with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever_one God, world 
without end. Amen. 


A Prayer for a sick Person, when 
there appeareth but small hope of 
recovery. 


FATHER of mercies, and God 

of all comfort, our only help in 
time of need; We fly unto thee for 
succour in behalf of this thy servant, 
here lying under thy hand in great 
weakness of body. Look graciously 
upon him, O Lord; and the more the 
outward man decay eth, strengthen 
hum, we beseech thee, so much the 
more continually with thy grace and 
Holy Spirit in the inner man. Give 
him unteigned repentance for all the 
errors of his life past, and steadfast 
faith in thy Son Jesus ; that Azs sins 
may be done away by thy mercy, 
and Ais pardon sealed in heaven, be- 
fore he go hence, and be no more 
seen. We know, O Lord, that there 
is no word impossible with thee ; and 
that, if thou wilt, thou canst even 
yet raise him up, and grant hima 
longer continuance amongst us: Yet, 
forasmuch as in all appearance the 
time of Ais dissolution draweth near, 
so fit and prepare him, we beseech 
thee, against the hour of death, that 
after Ais departure hence in peace, 
and in thy favor, his soul may be re- 
ceived into thine everlasting king- 
dom; through the merits and medi- 
ation of Jesus Christ thine only Son, 
our Lord and Saviour. Amen. 


A commendatory Prayer for @ sick 
Person at the point of departure. 


ALMIGHTY God, with whom 
do live the spirits of just men 


made perfect, after they are deliver. " 


ed from their earthly prisons; We 


humbly commend the soul of thisthy . 


servant, our dear brother, into thy 
hands; as into the hands of a faithful 
Creator, and most merciful Saviour ; 
most humbly beseeching thee, that it 
may be precious in thy “sight. Wash 
it, We pray thee, in the blood of that 
immaculate Lamb, that was slain to 
take away the sins of the world; 
that whatsoever defilements it may 
have contracted in the midst of 
this miserable and naughty world, 
through the lusts of the flesh, or the 


’ y 


VISITATION OF THE SICK. 


wiles of Satan, being purged and 
done away, it may be presented pure 
and without spot before thee. And 
teach us who survive, in this, and 
other like daily spectacles of mor- 
tality, tosee how trailand uncertain 
our own condition is; and so to 
number our days, that we may se- 
riously apply our hearts to that holy 
and heavenly wisdom, whilst we 
live here, which may in the end 
bring us to life everlasting ; through 
the merits of Jesus Christ thine only 
Son our Lord. Asen. 


A Prayer for Persons troubled in mind 
or tn consctence. 


BLESSED Lord, the Father of 
mercies, and the God of all com- 
fort, We beseech thee, look down 
in pity and compassion upon this thy 
afflicted servant. Thou writest bit- 
ter things against Aim, and makest 
him to possess his former iniquities ; 
thy wrath eth hard upon Aim, and 
kis soul is full of trouble. But, O 
merciful God, who hast written thy 
holy Word for our learning, that we, 
through patience and comfort of thy 
holy Scriptures, might have hope ; 
give him a right understanding of 
himself, and of thy threats and pro- 
mises; that he may neither cast a- 
way fis confidence in thee, nor 
place it any where but in thee. Give 
him strength against all Ais tempta- 
tions, and heal all Ais distempers. 
Break not the bruised reed, nor 
quench the smoking flax. Shut not 
up thy tender mercies in displeasure ; 
but make /ixm to hear of joy and 
erg that the bones which thou 
ast broken may rejoice. Deliver 
him from fear of the enemy, and lift 
up the light of thy countenance upon 
him,and give him peace ; through the 
Merits and mediation of Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Asnen. 


A Prayer which may be said by the 
Minister in behalf of all present at 


the visitation. 
) GOD, whose days are without 

end, and whose mercies cannot 
be numbered’; Make us, we beseech 
thee, deeply sensible of the short- 
ness and uncertainty of human life ; 
and let thy Holy Spirit lead us 
through this vale of misery, in holi- 


ness and righteousness, all the days 
of our lives: That, when we shall 
have served thee in our generation, 
we may be gathered unto our fa- 
thers, having the testimony ofa good 
conscience; in the communion of 
the catholic Church; in the confi- 
dence of a certain faith ; in the com- 
fort of areasonable, religious, and 
holy hope; in favor with thee our 
God, and in perfect charity with the 
world. All which we ask through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


A: Prayer which may be said in case 
of sudden surprise and immediate 
danger. 


O MOST gracious Father, we fly 
wuto thee for mercy in behalf of 
this thy servant, here lying under the 
sudden visitation of thine hand. If 
it be thy will, preserve Azs life, that 
there may be place for repentance ; 
but if thou hast otherwise appointed, 
let thy mercy supply to Atm the want 
of the usual opportunity for the trim- 
ing of his lamp. Stirupin Aimsuch 
sorrow for sin and such fervent love 
to thee, as may in a short time do the 
work of many days: That among 
the praises which thy saints and holy 
angels shall sing to the honor of thy 
mercy through eternal ages, it may 
be to thy unspeakable glory, that 
thou hast redeemed the soul of this 
thy servant from eternal death, and 
made hi partaker of the everlasting 
life, which is through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


A Thanksgiving for the beginning of 
a recovery 


REAT and mighty God, who 

bringest down to the grave and 
bringest up again; We bless thy 
wonderful goodness, for having 
turned our heaviness into joy and 
our mourning into gladness, by re- 
storing this our-brotier to some de- 
gree of his former health. Blessed 
be thy Name that thou didst not for- 
sake him in Ais sickness; but didst 
visit him with comforts from above ; 
didst support him in patience and 
submission to thy will; and, at last, 
didst send aim seasonable relief. 
Perfect, we beseech thee, this thy 
mercy towards Aim; and prosper 
the means which shall be made use 


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THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 


of for his cure; That being restored 
to health of body, vigor of mind, and 
cheerfulness of spirit, he may be able 
to go to thine house, to offer thee an 


goodness towards him ; through Je- 
sus Christ our Saviour, to whom 
with thee and the Holy Spirit, be all 
honor and glory, world without end. 


oblation with great gladness ; and to 


Amen. é 
bless thy holy Name for all thy 





THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 


1 Forasmuch as all mortal men are subject to many sudden perils, diseases, 
and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they. shall depart out of this 
life; therefore, to the intent they may be always in readiness to die, when- 
soever it shali please Almighty God to call them, the Minister shall dili- 
gently from time to time (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other 
infectious sickness) exhort their parishioners to the often receiving of the 
Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, when it 

shall be publicly administered in the Church ; that so doing, they may, in 
“case 0 if sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the 
same. But if the sick person be not able to come to the Church, and yet is 
desirous to receive the Communion in his house; then he must give timely 
notice to the Minister, signifying also how many there are to communicate 
with him, (which shall be two at the least ;) and all. things necessary being 
prepared, the Minister shall there celebrate the Holy Communion, beginning 
with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here following. 


The Collect. The Epistle. Heb. xii. 5. 


LMIGHTY, everliving God, Ma- 
ker of mankind, who dost cor- 
rect those whom thou dost love, and 
chastise every one whom thou dost 
receive; We beseech thee to have 
mercy upon this thy servant visited 
With thine hand, and to grant that 
he may take his sickness patiently, 
and recover his bodily health, if it 
be thy gracious will ; and that when- 
soever Ais soul shall depart from the 
body, it may be without spot pre- 
sented unto thee; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Y son, despise not thou the 

Yi chastening of the Lord, nor 

faint when thou art rebuked ‘of him, 

For whom the Lord loveth he chas- 

teneth; and scourgeth every son 
whom he receiveth. 


The Gospel. St. John vy. 24. 


Vian verily, I say unto you, 
He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on Him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come 
into condemnation; but is passed 
from death unto life. 


After which the Minister shall proceed according to the form before pre- 
scribed for the Holy Communion, beginning at these words, Ye who do 
truly, &c. 

{| At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the Minister shall 

- first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto those who aré 
appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person. 


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THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 


J But if a man, erther by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of 


warning in due time to the Minister, or for lack of company to receive with 
him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of 
Christ’s Body and Blood, the Minister shall instruct him, that if he da~ 
truly repent him of his sins, and steadfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath 
suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemp- 
tion, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath thereby, and giving him 
hearty thanks therefore, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our 
Saviour Christ profitably to his Soul’s health, although he do not receive 


the Sacrament with his mouth. 


{| When the sick persowts visited, and receiveth the Holy Communion all at 
one time, then the Minister, for more expedition, shall cut off the form of 
Visitation at the Psalm, and go straight to the Communion. 

J Jn the times of contagious sickness or disease, when none of the Parish or 
neighbors can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for 
fear of the infection, upon special request of the diseased, the Pike a alone 


may communicate with him. 





THE ORDER FOR 


THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 


| Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any un- 
baptized adults, any who die excommunicate, or who have laid violent hands 


upon themselves. 


i The Minister, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Churchyard, and 
going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or 


sing. ‘ 


AM-the resurrection and the life. 

saith the Lord: he that believeth 
in me, though he were dead, yet 
shall he live: and whosoever liveth 
and believeth in me, shall never die. 
St. John xi. 25, 26. 


KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, 

and that he shall stand at the lat- 
ter day upon the earth. And though 
after my skin worms destroy this 
body, yet in my flesh shall I see 
God: whom I shall see for myself, 
and mine eyes shall behold, and not 
another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27, 


\ E_ brought nothing into this 
world, ‘and it is certain we can 


* 


carry nothing out. The Lord gave, 
and the Lord hath taken away ;° 
blessed be the Name of the Lord. 1 
Tim. vi.7. Job i. 21. 


q After they are come into the Church, 
shall be said or sung the following 
Anthem, taken from the 39th and 
90th Psalms. 


ORD, let me know my end, and 
the number of my days; that I 
aang be certified how long I have to 


iv 

Behold, thou hast made my days 
as it were a span Jong, and mine age 
is even as nothing in respect of thee; 


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BURIAL OF 


and verily every man living is alto- 
gether vanity. 

For man walketh in a vain shad- 
ow, and disquieteth himself in vain ; 
he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell 
who shall gather them. 

And now, Lord, what is my hope? 
Truly my hope is even in thee. 

Deliver me from all mine offences ; 
and make me not a rebuke unto the 
foolish. 

When thou with rebukes dost 
chasten man for sin, thou makest 
his beauty to consume away, like as 
it were a moth fretting a garment: 
every man therefore is but vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lorp, and 
with thine ears consider my calling ; 
hold not thy peace at my tears: 

For [am a’stranger with thee, 
and a sojourner, as all my fathers 
were. 

O spare me a little, that I may re- 
cover my strength,before I go hence, 
and be no more seen. 

Lorp, thou hast been our refuge, 
from one generation to another. 

Before the mountains were brought 
forth,or ever the earth and the world 
were made, thou art God from ever- 
lasting, and world without end. 

Thou turnest man to destruction ; 
again thou sayest, Come again, ye 
children of men. 

For a thousand years in thy sight 
are but as yesterday ; seeing that is 
past as a watch in the night. 

As soon as thou scatterest them 
they are even asasleep; and fade 
away suddenly like the grass. 

In the morning it is green, and 
groweth up; but in the evening it is 
cut down, dried up, and withered. 

For we consume away in thy dis- 
pleasure; and are afraid at thy 
wrathful indignation. 

Thou hast set our misdeeds before 
thee; and our secret sins in the light 
of thy countenance. 

For when thou art angry, all our 
days are gone: we bring our years 
to an end, as it were a tale that is 
told. 

The days of our age are three- 
score years and ten; and though 
men be so strong that they come to 
fourscore years, yet is strength then 
but labor and sorrow ; so soon pass- 
eth it away, and we are gone. 


2 


id 


3] 


THE DEAD. 


So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts unto 
wisdom. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen 


Then shall follow the Lesson, ta- 
ken out of the fifteenth Chapter of 
the first Epistle of St. Paul to the 
Corinthians. 


1 Cor. xy. 20. 


OW is Christ risen from the 

dead, and become the first-fruits 
of them that slept. For since by man 
came death, by man came also the 
resurrection of the dead. For as in 
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made alive. But every man 
in his own order: Christ the first- 
fruits; afterward they that are 
Christ’s, at his coming. Thencometh 
the end, when he shall have deliver- 
ed up the kingdom to God, even the 
Father; when he shall have put 
down all rule, and all authority, and 
power. For he must reign, till he 
hath put all enemies under his feet. 
The last enemy that shall be destroy- 
ed is death. For he hath put all 
things under his feet. But when he 
saith, all things are put under him, it 
is manifest that he is excepted, which 
did put all things under him. And 
when all things shall be subdued 
unto him, then shall the Son also 
himself be subject unto Him that put 
all things under him, that God may 
be all inall. Else what shall they 
do which are baptized for the dead, 
if the dead rise not atall? Why are 
they then baptized for the dead? 
and why stand we in jeopardy every 
hour? I protest by your rejoicing, 
which I have in Christ Jesus our 
Lord, I die daily.. If after the man- 
ner of men I have fought with beasts 
at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, 
ifthe dead rise not? let us eat and 
drink, for to-morrow we die. Be 
not deceived: evil communications 
corrupt good manners. Awake to 
righteousness, and sin not; for some 
have not the knowledge of God. I 
speak this to your shame. 
man will say, How are the dead 


0 


But some — 


BURIAL OF 


raised up? and with what body do 
they come? Thou fool! that which 
thou sowest is not quickened, except 
it die. And that which thou sowest, 
thou sowest not that body that shall 
be, but bare grain, it may chance of 
wheat, or of some other grain. But 
God giveth it a body as it hath pleas- 
ed him, and to every seed his own 
body. All flesh is not the same flesh ; 
but there is one kind of flesh of men, 
another flesh of beasts, another of 
fishes, another of birds. ‘There are 
also celestial bodies, and bodies ter- 
restrial; but the glory of the celes- 
tial is one, and the glory of the ter- 
restrial is another. ‘There is one 
glory of the sun, and another glory 
of the moon, and another glory of 
the stars; for one star differeth from 
another star in glory. So also isthe 
resurrection of the dead. Itissown 
in corruption ; it is raised in incor- 
ruption; it ts sown in dishonor ; it 
is raised in glory: it is sown in 
weakness; it is raised in power: it 
is sown a natural body ; it is raised 
a spiritual body. There is a natural 
body, and there is a spiritual body. 
And so it is written, The first man 
Adam was made a living soul; the 
last Adam was made a quickening 
spirit. Howbeit, that was not first 
which is spiritual, but that which is 
natural; and afterward that which 
is spiritual. The first man is of the 
earth, earthy: the second man is 
the Lord from heaven. As is the 
earthy, such are they that are ear- 
thy : and as is the heavenly, such are 
they also that are heavenly. Andas 
we have borne the image of the 
earthy, we shall also bear the image 
of the heavenly. Now this I say, 
brethren, that flesh and blond cannot 
inherit the kingdom of God ; neither 
doth corruption inherit incorruption. 
Behold, I show you a mystery: we 
shall not all sleep, but we shall 
all be changed, in a moment, in the 
twinkling of an eye, at the last 
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, 
and the dead shall be raised incor- 
ruptible, and we shall be changed. 
For this corruptible must put on in- 
corruption, and this mortal must put 
on immortality. So when this cor- 
ruptible shall have put on incorrup- 


‘ tion, and this mortal shali have put 


THE DEAD. 


on immortality; then shall be brought 
to pass the saying that is written, 
Death is swallowed up in victory, 
O death, where is thy sting? O 
grave, where is thy victory? The 
sting of death is sin: and the strength 
of sin is the Law, But thanks be to 
God, which giveth us the victory 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be 
ye steadfast, unmoveable, always 
abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your la- 
bor is not in vain in the Lord. - 


J When they come to the Grave, while 
the Corpse is made ready to be laid 
into the earth, shali be sung or said, 


M3’? that is born of a woman, 
hath but a short time to live, 
and is fullof misefy. He cometh up, 
and is cut down, like a flower; he 
fleeth as it were ashadow, and never 
continueth in one stay. F 

In the midst of life we are in death: 
of whom may we seek for succor, 
but of thee, O Lord, who for our 
sins art justly displeased ? 

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O 
Lord most mighty, O holy and most 
merciful Saviour, deliver us not into 
the bitter pains of eternal death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets 
of our hearts ; shut not thy merciful 
ears 10 our prayers; but spare us, 
Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 
O holy and merciful Saviour, thou 
most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us 
not, at our last hour, for any .pains 
of death,sto-fall from thee. 


G Then while the earth shall be cast 
upon the Body by some standing 
by, the Minister shall. say, F 

UAigonminniy as it hath pleased 
' Almighty God, in his wise pro- 

vidence, to take out of this world 

the soul of our deceased brother, we 
therefore commit his body to the 
ground; earth to earth, ashes to 
ashes, dust to dust; looking for the 
general Resurrection in the last day, 
and the life of the world to come, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ; at 
whose second coming in glorious 

Majesty to judge the world, the 

earth and the sea shall give up their 

dead ; and the corruptible bodies of 
those who sieep in him shall be chan- 


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CHURCHING 


ged, and made like unto his own 
glorious body ; according to the 
mighty working whereby he is able 
to subdue all things unto himself. 


GY Then shall be said or sung, 


HEARD a yoice from heaven, 

saying unto me, *Write, From 
henceforth blessed are the dead who 
die in the Lord: even so saith the 
Spirit ; for they rest from their la- 
bors. Rev. xiv. 13. 


¥ Then the Minister shall say the 
Lord’s Prayer. 


ey Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for- 
givéjthose who trespass against us. 
And ead us not into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 


q Then the Minister shall say one or 
both of the following Prayers, at 
his discretion. 


LMIGHTY God, with whom do 
live the spirits of those who de- 
part hence in the Lord, and with 
whom the souls of the faithful, after 
they are delivered from the burden 
of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; 
We give thee hearty thanks for the 
good examples of all those thy ser- 
vants, who, having finished their 
course in faith, do now rest from 
their labors. And we beseech thee, 





SSS 


OF WOMEN. 


that we, with all those who ure de- 
parted in the true faith of thy holy 
Name, may have our perfect con- 
summation and biiss, both in body 
and soul, in thy eternal and ever- 
lasting glory ; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


MERCIFUL God, the Father of 

our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the 
resurrection and the life; in whom 
Whosoever believeth, shall live, 
though he die; and whosoever liv- 
eth, and believeth in him, shall not 
die eternally ; who also hath taught 
us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, 
not to be sorry,as men without hope, 
for those who sleep in him; We 
humbly beseech thee, O Father, to 
raise us from the death of sin unto 
the life of righteousness ; that, when 
we shall depart this life, we may 
rest in him; and that, at the general 
Resurrection in the last day, we may 
be found acceptable in thy sight ; and 
receive that blessing which thywell- 
beloved Son shall then pronounce to 
all who love and fear thee, saying, 
Come, ye blessed children of my 
Father, receive the kingdom prepa- 
red for you from the beginning of 
the world. Grant this, we beseech 
thee, O merciful Father, through 
Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Re- 
deemer. Amen. 


(yet grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be- 
with us all evermore. Amen. 





THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH 3 


COMMONLY CALLED, 


THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 


Q This Service, or the concluding Prayer alone, as it stands among the Oc- 
casional Prayers and Thanksgivings, may be used at the discretion of the 


Minister. 
; 2 


~ 


b 


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CHURCHING OF WOMEN. 


Y] The Woman, at the usual time after her delivery, shall come into the church 
decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place, as 
hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct; And then the Min- 


ister shall say unto her, 


ORASMUCH as it hath pleased 

Almighty God, of his goodness, 

to give you a safe deliverance, and 

to preserve you in the great danger 

of Childbirth; you shall therefore 

give hearty thanks unto God, and 
say, 


| Then shall the Minister say the 
following Hymn, taken from the 
116th Psalm. 


Dilexi quoniam. 


AM well pleased that the Lorp 
hath heard the voice of my pray- 


er; 

That he hath inclined his ear unto 
me; therefore will I call upon him 
as long as I live. 

I found trouble and heaviness, and 
I called upon the Name of the Lorp; 
O Lorp, I beseech thee, deliver my 
soul. 

Gracious is the Lorp. and righte- 
ous; yea, our God is merciful. 

What reward shall I give unto the 
Lorp, for all the benefits that he 
hath done unto me? 

i will receive the cup of salvation, 
and call upon the Name of the Lorp. 

I will pay my vows now in the 
presence of all his people; in the 
courts of the Lorp’s house, even in 
the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. 
Praise the Lorn. *e 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 


| Then shall the Minister say the 
Lord’s Prayer, with what follows : 
but the Lord’s Prayer may be emit- 
ted, if this be used with the Morn- 
ing or Evening Prayer. 


Oo Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be dore on 
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil.. Amen. ~ 


Minister. O Lord, save this wo- 
man, thy servant ; 

Answer. Who putteth her trust in 
thee. : 

Minister. Be thou to her a strong 
tower ; 

Answer. From the face of her 
enemy. 

Minister. Lord, hear our prayer. 

Answer. And let our cry come un- 
to thee. 

Minister. Let us pray. 


ALMIGHTY God, we give thee 

humble thanks for that thou hast 
been graciously pleased to preserve, 
through the great pain and peril of 
Child-birth, this woman thy servant, 
who desires now to offer her praises 
and thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, 
we beseech thee, most merciful Fa- 
ther, that she, through thy help, 
may both faithfully live, and walk 
according to thy will, in this life 
present; and also may be partaker 
of everlasting glory in the life to 
come; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Y The Woman, that cometh to give 
her Thanks, must offer accustomed . 
offerings, which shall be applied by 
the Minister and Churchwardens to 
the relief of distressed Women in 
child-bed ; and if there be a Com- 
munion, itis convenient that she re- 
ceive the Holy Commumion. 


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FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 


FORMS OF , 


PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 


{The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea, shall be the 
same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. 


These two following Prayers may 
be also used in ships of war. 


iy ee eeanuale Lord God, who 
alone spreadest out the heavens, 
and rulest the raging of the sea; 
who hast compassed the waters with 
bounds, until day and night come to 
an end; Be pleased to receive into 
thy Aimighty and most gracious 
protection, the persons of us thy ser- 
vants, and the Fleet [or Ship] in 
which we serve. Preserve us from 
the dangers of the sea, and from the 
violence of the enemy ; that we may 
bea safeguard unto the United States 
of America, and a security for such 
' as pass on the seas upon their law- 
ful oceasions; that the inhabitants 
of our land may in peace and quiet- 
hess serve thee our God; and that 
Wwe may return in safety to enjoy 
the biessings of the land, with the 
fruits of our labor; and, with a 
thankful remembrance of thy mer- 
cies, to praise and glorify thy holy 
Name; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


The Collect. 


IRECT us, O Lord, in all our do- 

ings, with thy most gracious fa- 
vor, and further us with thy con- 
tinual help; that in all our works 
begun, continued, and ended in thee, 
we may glorify thy hoy Name; 
and finally by thy mercy obtain ever- 
lasting life; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord; Amen. 


_ 


G Prayers to be used in Storms at 


Sea, 

0 MOST powerful and glorious 

Lord God, at whose command 
the winds blow and lift up the waves 
of the sea, and who stillest the rage 
thereof; We, thy creatures, but 
Miserable sinners, do in this our 
gréat distress ery unto thee for help: 
Save, Lord, or else we perish. We 


confess, when we have been safe, 
and seen all things quiet about us, 
we have forgotten thee our God, and 
refused to hearken to the still voice 
of thy word, and to obey thy com- 
mandments: But now we see how 
terrible thou art in all thy works of 
wonder ; the great God to be feared 
above all: And therefore we adore 
thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging 
thy power, and imploring thy good- 
ness. , Help, Lord, and save us for 
thy mercy’s sake, in Jesus Christ, 
thy Son oar Lord. Amen. 


T Or this, 

O MOST glorious and gracious 

J Lord God, who dwellest in hea- 
ven, but beholdest all things below ; 
Look down, we beseech thee, and 
hear us, calling out of the depth of 
misery, and out of the jaws of this 
death, which is now ready to swal- 
Jow usup: Save, Lord, or else we 
perish. The living, the living shall 
praise thee. O send thy word of 
command to rebuke the raging winds 
and the roaring sea; that we, being 
delivered from this distress, may 
live to serve thee, and to glorify thy 
Namie all the days of our life. Hear, 
Lord, and save us, for the infinite 
merits of our blessed Saviour, thy 
Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 


gq The Prayer to be said before a fight 
at sea against any enemy. 

O MOST powerful and glorious 

Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that 
rulest and commandest all things ; 
Thou sittest in the throne judging 
right, and therefore we make our 
address to thy Divine Majesty in this 
our necessity, that thou wouldest 
take the cause into thine own hand, 
and judge between us and our ene- 
mies. Stir up thy strength,.O Lord, 
and come and help us; for thou giv- 


est not alway the battle to the strong, 
but canst save by many or by few. . 


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FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 


O let not our sins now cry against 
us tor vengeance ; but hear us thy 
poor servants begging mercy, and 
imploring thy help, and that thou 
wouldest be a defence unto us 
against the face of the enemy. Make 
it appear that thou art our Saviour 
and mighty Deliverer, through Je- 
sus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


{| Short Prayers for single persons, 
who cannot meet to join in Prayer 
with others, by reason of the Fight, 
or Storm. 


General Prayers. 


eet be merciful to us sinners, 
and save us for thy mercy’s sake. 

Thou art the great God, who hast 
made and rulest all things: O de- 
liver us for thy Name’s sake. 

Thou art the great God to be fear- 
ed above all: O save us, that we 
may praise thee. 


Special Prayers with respect to the 
enemy. 


A tepahhe O Lord, art just and pow- 
erful: O defend our cause against 
the face of the enemy. 

O God, thou art a strong tower of 
defence to all who fly unto thee: O 
save us from the violence of the 
enemy. 

O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that 
we may glorify thee. 

O suffer us not to sink under the 
weight of our sins, or the violence 
of the enemy. 

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us for thy Name’s sake. 


Short Prayers in respect of a Storm 


HOU, O Lord, who stillest the 
raging of the sea, hear, hear us, 
and save us, that we perish not. 

O blessed Saviour, who didst save 
thy disciples ready to perish in a 
storm, hear us, and save us, we be- 
seech thee. 

Lord, haye mercy upon us. 

Christ, have mercy upon us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, hear us. 

O Christ, hear us. 

God, the Father, God the Son, God 
the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon 
us, save us now and evermore. 
Amen. : 


Gye Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, Asitis in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread: And for- 
give us our trespasses,As we forgive 
those who trespass against us. And 
lead us not into temptation ; But de- 
liver us from evil. Amen. 


When there shall be imminent dan- 
ger, as many as can be spared from 
necessary service in the Ship shall 
be called together, and make an hum- 
ble Confession of their sin to God: 
In which, every one ought seriously 
to reflect upon those particular sins 
of which his conscience shall accuse 
him; saying as followeth. 


The Confession. 


LMIGHTY God, Father of our 

Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all 
things, Judge of all men; We ac- 
knowledge and bewail our manifold 
sins and wickedness, Which we 
from time to time most grievously 
have committed, By thought, word, 
and deed, Against thy Divine Ma- 
jesty, Provoking most justly thy 
wrath and indignation against us. 
We do earnestly repent, And are 
heartily sorry for these our misdo- 
ings; The remembrance of them is 
grievous unto us; The burden of 
them is intolerable. Have merey 
upon us, Have mercy upon us, most 
merciful Father; For thy Son our 
Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, Forgive us 
all that is past; And grant that we 


_may ever hereafter Serve and please 


thee In newness of life, To the hon- 
or and glory of thy Name : Through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


“| Then shall the Priest, if there be 
any in the Ship, say, 


54 eee ee God, our heavenly 
Father, who of his great mer- 
cy hath promised forgiveness of sins 
to all those who with hearty repent- 
ance and true faith turn unto him; 
Have merey upon you; pardon and 
deliver you from all your sins; con- 
firm and strengthen you in all good- 
ness, and bring you to. evens 
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


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FORMS OF PRAYER 


Thanksgiving after a storm. 


Jubilate Deo. Psalm lxvi. 

0 BE joyful in God, all ye lands; 
sing praises unto the honor of his 

Name; make his praise to be glo- 

rious. 

Say unto God, O how wonderful 
art thou in thy works; through the 
greatness of thy power shall thine 
enemies be found liars unto thes. 

For all the world shall worship 
thee, sing of thee, and praise thy 
Name. 

O come hither, and behold the 
works of God; how wonderful he 
is in his doing toward the children 
of men. 

He ruleth with his power for ever; 
his eyes behold the people; and 
such as will not believe shall not be 
able to exalt themselves. 

O praise our God, ye people, and 
make the voice of his praise to be 
heard ; 

Who holdeth our soul in life, and 
suffereth not our feet to slip. 

For thou, O God, hast proved us ; 
thou also hast tried us, like as silver 
is tried. 

Thou broughtest us into the snare; 
and laidest trouble upon our loins. 

I will go into thine house with 
burnt-offerings; and will pay thee 
. my yows, which I promised with 
my lips, and spake with my mouth, 
when I was in trouble. 

O come hither, and hearken, all ye 
that fear God; and I will tell you 
what he hath done for my soul. 

I called unto him with my mouth, 
_and gave him praises with my 
tongue. 

If [ incline unto wickedness with 
mine heart, the Lord will not hear 


me. 

But God hath heard me ; and con- 
sidered the voice of my prayer. 

Praised be God, who hath not cast 
out my prayer, nor turned his mer- 
cy from me. 

Glory be'to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen 


TO BE USED AT SEA.’ 
Confiteminit Domino. Psalm evii 
O THAT men would praise the 
Lorp for his goodness; and de- 
clare the wonders that he doeth for 
the children of men ! 

That they would offer unto him the 
sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out 
his works with gladness! 

They that go down to the sea in 
ships, and occupy their business in 
great waters ; 

These men see the works of the 
Lorp, and his wonders in the 
deep. 

For at his word the stormy wind 
ariseth, which lifteth up the waves 
thereof. 

They are carried up to the heaven, 
and down again to the deep; their 
soul melteth away because of the 
trouble. ; 

They reel to and fro, and stagger 
like a drunken man, and are at their 
wit’s end. 

So when they cry unto ‘the LorD 
in their trouble, he delivereth them 
out of their distress. 

For he maketh the storm to cease, 
so that the waves thereof are still. 

Then are they glad, because they 
are atrest; andso he bringeth them 
unto the haven where they would 
be. 

O that men would therefore praise 
the Lorp for his goodness ; and de- 
clare the wonders that he doeth for 
the children of men! 

That they would exalt him alsoin 
the congregation of the people, and 
praise him in the seat of the elders ! 

Glory be tothe Father, and tothe | 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without énd. 
Amen. 


Collects of Thanksgiving. 


MOST blessed and glorious Lord 

God, who art of infinite goodness 
and mercy ; We, thy poor creatures, 
whom thou hast made and presery- 
ed; holding our souls in life, and now 
rescuing us out of the jaws of death, 
humbly present ourselves again be- 
fore thy Divine Majesty, to offer a 
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, 
for that thou heardest us when we 
called in our trouble, and didst not 


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FORMS OF PRAYER 


east out our prayer, which we made 
before thee in our great distress: 
Even when we gave all for lost, our 
ship, our goods, our lives, then didst 
thou mercifully look upon us, and 
wonderfully command a deliver- 
ance; for which we, now being in 
safety, do give all praise and glory 
to thy holy Name; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 
q Or this. 

0 MOST mighty and gracious good 

God, thy mercy is over all thy 
works, but in a special manner hath 
been extended towards us, whom 
thou hast so powerfully and wonder- 
fully defended. Thou hast showed 
us terrible things, and wonders in 
the deep, that we might see how 
powerful and gracious a God thou 
art; how able and ready to help 
those wpe trust in thee. Thou hast 
showed us how both winds and seas 
obey thy command; that we may 
learn, even from them, hereafter to 
obey thy voice, and to do thy will. 
We therefore bless and glorify thy 
Name, for this thy mercy in saving 
us, when.we were ready to perish. 
And, w seech thee, make us as 
truly sensible now of thy mercy, as 
we were then of the danger; And 
give us hearts always ready to ex- 
press our thankfulness, not only by 
words, but also by our lives, in be- 
ing more obedient to thy holy com- 
mandments. Continue, we beseech 
thee, this thy goodness to us; that 
we, whom thou hast saved, may 
serve thee in holiness and righteous- 
ness all the days of our life ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. 
Amen. 


A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving 
after a dangerous Tempest. 


COME, let us give thanks unto 
the Lord, for he is gracious ; and 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to 
be praised; let the redeemed of the 
Lord say so, whom he hath deliver- 
ed from the merciless rage of the 
sea. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of 
compassion ; slow to anger, and of 
greal mercy. 

He hath not dealt with us accord- 


‘aly See 


TO BE USED AT SEA. 


ing to our sins; neither rewarded us 
according to our iniguities. 

But as the heaven is high above 
the earth; so great hath been his 
mercy towards us. 

We found trouble and heaviness ; 
Wwe were even at death’s door. 

The waters of the sea had well- 
nigh covered us; the proud waters 
had well-nigh gone over our soul. 

he sea roared; and the stormy 
wind lifted up the waves thereof. 

We were carried up as it were to 
heaven, and then down again into 
the deep; our soul melted within 
us, because of trouble. 

Then cried we unto thee, O Lord ; 
and thou didst deliver us out of our 
distress. ‘ 

Blessed be thy Name, who didst 
not despise the prayer of thy ser- 
vants ; but didst hear our cry, and 
hast saved us, 

Thou didst send forth thy com- 
mandment; and the windy storm 
ceased, and was turned into a calm. 

O let us therefore praise the Lord 
for his goodness; and declare the 
wonders that he hath done, and still 
doeth for the children of men ! 

Praised be the Lord daily ; even 
the Lord that helpeth us, and pour- 
eth his benefits upon us. 

He is our God, even the God of 
whom cometh salvation : God is the 
Lord, by whom we have escaped 
death. 

Thou, Lord, hast made us glad 
through the operation of thy hands; 
and we will triumph in thy praise. 

Blessed be the Lord God ; even the 
Lord God, who only doeth wondrous 
things ; 

And blessed be the Name of his 
Majesty for ever; and let every one 
of us say, Amen, Amen. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 


A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and 
Thanksgiving after Victory. 


F the Lord had not been on our 
side, now may we say; if the 
Lord himself had not been on our 
side, When men rose up against us ; 
They had swallowed us up quick, 


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4 


when they were so wrathfully dis- 
pleased at us. 

Yea, the waters had drowned us, 
and the stream had gone over our 
soul; the deep waters of the proud 
had gone over our soul. 

But praised be the Lord, who hath 
not given us over as a prey unto 
them. 

The Lord hath wrought a mighty 
salvation for us. 

We got not this by our own sword, 
neither was it our own arm that 
saved us; but thy right hand, and 
thine arm, and the light of thy coun- 
tenance, because thou hadst a favor 
unto us. 

The Lord hath appeared for us ; 
the Lord hath covered our heads, 
and made us to'stand in the day of 
battle. 

The Lord hath appeared for us; 
the Lord hath overthrown our ene- 
mies, and dashed in pieces those that 
rose up against us. 

Therefore not unto us, O Lord, 
not unto us; but unto thy Name be 
given the glory. 

The Lord hath done great things 
for us, the Lord hath done great 
things for us, for which we rejoice. 

Our help standeth in the Name of 
the Lord, who hath made heaven 
and earth. 

Blessed be the Name of the Lord, 
from this time forth for evermore. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, 
and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 


q After this Hymn may be said the 
Te Deum. 

. | Then this Collect. 
ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign 
Commander of all the world, in 

whose hand is power and might, 
which none is able to withstand ; 


We bless and magnify thy great and 
glorious Name for. this happy Vic- 
tory, the whole glory whereof we 
do ascribe to theé, who art the only 
giver of Victory. And, we beseech | 
thee, give us grace to improve this 
great mercy to thy glory, the ad- 
vancement of thy Gospel, the honor 
of our country, and, as much as in 
us lieth, to the good of all mankind. 
And, we beseech thee, give us such 
a sense of this great mercy, as may 
engage us to a true thankfulness, 
such as may appear in our lives by 
an humble, holy, and obedient walk- = 
ing before thee all our days; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom. 
with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for 
all thy mercies, so in particular for 
this Victory and Deliverance, be all 


glory and honor, world without end. 
Amen. ; 
2 Cor. xiii. 14: 


ee grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
With usall evermore. Amen. 


At the Burial of the Dead at 
Sea. 


¥ The Office in the Common Prayer 
Book may be used ; only instead of 
these words [ We therefore commit 
his body to the ground, earth to 
earth, §c.,] say, 


WE therefore commit his body to 


the deep, to be turned into cor- . 
ruption, looking for the resurrection 
of the body, (when the sea shall 
give up her dead,) and the life of the 
world to come, through our Lord 
Jesus Christ; who at his coming 
shall change our vile body, that it 
may be like his glorious body, ac- 
cording to the mighty wortki 
whereby he-is able to subdue all 
things unto himself, 


VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


A FORM OF PRAYER FOR 


THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


G When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of 
the Psalm, O come, let us sing, &c., shall be read the 130th Psalm: and 
the Minister shall insert, after the Collect for the day, the Collect in the 
following Service, O God, who sparest, &c., and at such times as the Lita- 
ny iz not read, he shall add the prayer, O God, merciful Father, who de- 


spisest not, &c. 


¥ And when notice is given to the 
Minister, that a Prisoner is.confi- 
ned for some great or capital crime, 
he shall visit him; and when he 
cometh into the place where the 
Prisoner is, he shall say, kneeling 
down, 


EMEMBER not, Lord, our _ini- 
quities, nor the iniquities of our 
forefathers ; meither take thou ven- 
eancé of our sins; spare us, good 
ord, spare thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed with thy most pre- 
cious blood, and be not angry with 
us for ever, 


Answer. Spare us, good Lord. 
_ Let us pray. 


Lord, have mercy upon us, 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have merey upon us. 


bye Father, who art in heaven, 
“C. 
Minister. O Lord, show thy mer- 
cy upon us; 
_ Answer. And grant us thy salva- 
tion. 
_ Minister. Turn thy face from our 
sins ; 
Answer. And blot out all our ini- 
quities. 
Minister. Send us help from thy 
holy place ; 
Answer. For thine indignation li- 
eth hard upon us. 


Minister. O Lord, hear our pray- 


er; 
Answer. And let the sighing of the 
prisoners come before thee. 
The Collect. 


GRANT, we beseech thee, Al- 
| mighty God, that we, for our 
evil deeds do worthily deserve to be 


punished, by the comfort of thy 
grace may mercifully be relieved ; 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 


Christ. Amen. 
O GOD, who sparest when we de- 
serve punishment, and in thy 
wrath rememberest mercy; We 
humbly beseech thee, of thy good- 
ness to comfort and succour all those 
who are under reproach and misery 
in the house of bondage; correct 
them not in thine anger, neither 
chasten them in thy sore displeasure. 
Give them a right understanding of 
themselves, and of thy threats and 
promises; that they may neither 
cast away their confidence in thee, 
nor place it any where but in thee. 
Relieve the distressed, protect the 
innocent, and awaken the guilty: 
and forasmuch as thou alone bring- 
est light out of darkness, and good 
out of evil, grant that the pains and 
punishments which these thy ser- > 
vants endure, through their bodily 
confinement,may tend to setting free 
their souls from the chains of sin; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


Q Here the Minister, as he shall see 
convenient, may read the Prayer for 
All Conditions of Men, the Codlect 
Jor Ash-Wednesday, and the Col- 
lect beginning Almighty God, the 
fountain of all wisdom, §c., or any 
other prayer of the Liturgy, which 
he shall judge proper. 

Q Then shall the Minister exhort the 
prisoner or prisoners after this form, 
or other like. 


EARLY beloved, know this, that | 
Almighty God, whose never- 
failing providence .governeth. all 
things both in heaven and earth, 


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VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


hath so wisely and mercifully order- 
ed the course of this world, that his 
judgments are often sent as fatherly 
corrections to us; and if with due 
submission and resignation to his 
holy will we receive the same, they 
will work together for our good. 

It is your part and duty, therefore, 
to humble yowrself under the mighty 
hand of God, to acknowledge the 
righteousness of his judgments, and 
to endeavor “that, by his grace, this 
present visitation may lead you toa 
sincere and hearty repentance. 

The way and meanis thereto is, to 
examine your life and conversation 
by the rule of God’s commandments ; 
and whereinsoever you shall per- 
ceive yourself to have offended either 
by will, word, or deed, there to be- 
wail your own sinfulness, and to 
confess yourself 10 Almighty God, 
With full purpose of amendment of 
life. And if you shall perceive your 
offences to be such as are not only 
against God, but also against your 
neighbors ; then to reconcile your- 
self to them, being ready to make 
restitution and satisfaction, accord- 
ing to the uttermost of your power, 
for all injuries and wrongs done by 
you to any other: and being like- 
wise ready to forgive others who 
have offended you, as you would 
have forgiveness of your offences at 
God’s hand. And to this true repent- 
ance and change of mind you must 
add a lively and steadfast faith, and 
dependence upon the merits of the 
death of Christ, with an entire re- 
signation of yourself to the will of 
God. Except you repent, and be- 
lieve, we can give you no hope of 
salvation. But if you do sincerely 
_ repent and believe, God hath declar- 
ed, though your sins be as red as 
scarlet, they shall be made white as 
snow; though your wickednesses 
have gone over your head, yet shall 
they not be your destruction. 

We exhort you therefore in the 
Name of God, and of his dear Son 
Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as you 
tender your own salvation, to take 
good heed of. these things in time, 
while the day of salvation lasteth ; 
for the night cometh, when no man 
can work. While you have the 
light, believe in the light, and walk 


as children of the light, that you be 
not cast into outer darkness ; that 
you may not knock, when the door 
shall be shut; and ery for mercy, 
when it is the time of justice. Now, 
you are the object of God’s mercy, 
if by repentance and true faith you 
turn unto him; but if you neglect 
these things, you will be the object 
of his justice and vengeance. Now, 
you may claim the merits of Christ ; 
butif you die in your sins, his suffer- 
ings will'tend to your greater con- 
demnation. O beloved, consider in 
this your day, how fearful a thing 
it will be to fall into the hands of the 
living God, when you can neither fly 
to his mercy to protect you, nor to 
the merits of Christ to cover you in 
that terrible day. 


q Here the Minister shall examine 
him concerning his faith, and re- 
hearse the Articles of the Creed. 
Dost thou believe in"God,, §c. And 
the prisoner shall answer, 


All this I steadfastly believe. 


G Then shall the Minister examine 
whether he repent him truly of his 
sins, and bein charity with all the 
world, and further admoiish him 
particularly concerning the crimes 
wherewith heis charged; and ex- 
hort him, if he have any scruples, 
that he would declare the same, and 
prepare himself for the Holy Com- 
munton, against the time that it may 
be proper to administer 7t to him. 

Q Then, all kneeling, the Minister 
shall say as follows, from the Slst 
Psalm. 


AVE mercy upon me, O God, 

after thy great goodness; ac- 

cording to the multitude of thy mer- 
cies do away mine offences, 

Wash me thoroughly from my 
wickedness,and cleanse me from my 
sin. 

For I acknowledge my faults, and 
my sin is ever before me. 
Against thee only have I sinned, 
and done this evil in thy sight ; that 
thou mightest be justified in thy say- 
ing, and clear when thou art judged. 

Behold, Iwas shapen in wicked- 
ness, and in sin hath my mother con- 
ceived me. 

But lo, thou requirest truth in the 


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VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


inward parts, and shalt make me to 
understand wisdom secretly. 

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, 
and I shall be clean ; thou shalt wash 
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me hear of joy 
and gladness, that the bones which 
thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Turn thy face from my sins, and 
put outall my misdeeds. 

Make mea clean heart, O God, 
and renew a right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy pres- 
ence, and take not thy Holy Spirit 
from me. 

O give me the comfort of thy help 
again, and stablish me with thy free 
Spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto 
the wicked, and sinners shall be con- 
verted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltness, 
O God, thou that art the God of my 
health ; and my tongue shall sing of 
thy righteousness. 

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, 
and my mouth shall show thy praise. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else 
would I give it thee; but thou de- 
lightest not in burnt-offerings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled 
spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 
O God, shalt thou not despise. 


J Then the Minister shall say, 
Let us pray. 


LORD, we beseech thee, mer- 

cifully hear our prayers, and 
spare all those who confess their 
sins unto thee; that they, whose 
consciences by sin are accused, by 
thy merciful pardon may be absolv- 
ed; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 


GOD, whose mercy is everlast- 
ing, and power infinite; Look 
down with pity and compassion up- 
on the sufferings of this thy servant ; 
and whether thou visitest for trial of 
his patience, or punishment of his 
offences, enable him by thy grace 
cheerfully to submit himself to thy 
holy will and pleasure. Go not far 
from those, O Lord, whom thou hast 
laid in a place of darkness, and in 
the deep; and forasmuch as thou 
hast not cut him off suddenly, but 
~ chastenest him asa father, grant that 
he, duly considering thy great mer- 


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cies, may be unfeignedly thankful, 
and turn unto thee with true repent- 
ance and sincerity of heart ; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 





Prayers for Persons under sentence of 
death. 


J Whena Criminal is under sentence 
of death, the Minister shall proceed 
ammediately after the Collect, O 
God, who sparest, §c., to exhort 
him after this form, or other ltke. 


AD ee beloved, it hath pleased 
Almighty God, in his justice, to 
bring you under the sentence and 


condemnation of the law. You are’ 


shortly to suffer death in such a man- 
ner, that others, warned by your ex- 
ample, may be the more afraid to 
offend ; and we pray God, that you 
may make such use of your punish- 
ments in this world, that your soul 
may be saved in the world to come. 

Wherefore we come to you in the 
bowels of compassion; and. being 


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desirous that you should avoid pre- — 


sumption on the one hand, and de- 
spair on the other, shall plainly lay 
before you the wretchedness of your 
condition, and declare how far you 
ought 1o depend on the mercies of 
God, and the merits of our Saviour. 
Consider then seriously with your- 
self, in all appearance the time of 
your dissolution draweth near ; your 


sins have laid fast hold upon you; . 


you are soon to be removed from 
among men by a violent death; and 
you shall fade away suddenly like 
the grass, which in the morning is 
green and groweth up,but in the eye- 
ning is cut down, dried up, and with- 
ered. After you have thus finished 
the course of a sinful and miserable 
life, you shall appear before the 
Judge of all flesh ; who, as he pro- 
nounces blessings on the righteous, 
shall likewise say, with a terrible 
voice of most just judgment, to the 
wicked, Go, ye accursed, into the 
fire everlasting, prepared for the 
devil and his angels. ( 
Your sins have brought you too 
near this dreadful sentence: it is 
therefore your part and duty, my 
brother, humbly to confess and be- 
wail your great and manifold offen- 


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ces, and to repent you truly of your 
sins, as you tender the eternal sal- 
vation of your soul. 

Be not deceived with a vain and 
presumptuous expectation of God’s 
favor, nor say within yourself, 
Peace, peace, where there is no 
peace ; for there is no peace, saith 
my God, to the wicked. God is not 
mocked ; he is of purer eyes than to 
behold iniquity ; and without holi- 
ness no man shall see the Lord. On 
the other hand, despair not of God’s 
mercy, though trouble is on every 
side; for God shutteth not up his 
mercies for ever in displeasure : but 
if we confess our sins, he is faithful 
and just to forgive us our sins, and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
Do not either way abuse.the good- 
ness of God, who calleth us merciful- 
ly to amendment, and of his endless 
pity promiseth us forgiveness of that 
- which is past, if with a perfect and 
a true heart we return unto him. 

Since therefore you are soon to 
pass into an endless and unchange- 
_ able state, and your future happiness 

or misery depends upon the few mo- 
ments which are left you, I require 
you strictly to examine yourself, and 
your estate both towards God and to- 
wards man ; and let no worldly con- 
sideration hinder you from making 
a true and full confession of your 
sins, and giving all the satisfaction 
which is in your power to every 
one whom you have wronged or in- 
jured; that you may find mercy at 
your heavenly Father’s hand, for 
Christ’s sake, and not be condemned 
in the dreadful day of judgment. 
Lastly, beloved, submit yourself 
with Christian resignation to the 
just judgment of God, which your 
own crimes have brought upon you, 
and be in charity with all men; and 
being ready sincerely to forgive all 
such as have offended you, not ex- 
cepting those who have prosecuted 
you even unto death: and. though 
this may seem a hard saying, yet 
know assuredly, that without it your 
charity is not yet perfect. And fail 
not earnestly to endeavor and pray 
for this blessed temper and compos- 
ureof mind. So may you cast your- 
self with an entire dependence upon 
the mercies of God, through the 


merits of our Saviour and Redeemer 
Jesus Christ. 


q Here the Minister shall examine 
him concerning his faith, and re- 
hearse the Articles of the Creed, 
Dost thou believe in God, §c.. And 
the Criminal shall answer, 


All this I steadfastly believe. 


q Then shall the Minister examine 
whether he repent him truly of his 
sins, exhorting him to a particular 
confession of the sin for which he is 
condemned ; and upon confession, 
he shall instruct him what satisfac- 
tion ought to be made to those whom 
he has offended thereby ; and if he 
knoweth any combinations in wick- 
edness, or any evil practices design- 
ed against others, let him be admon- 
ished to the utmost of his power to 
discover and prevent them. 


GY After his confession, the Priest 
shall declare to him the pardoning 
mercy of God, in the form which is 
used in the Communion Service. 


Y After which shall be said the Col- 
lect following. 
0 HOLY Jesus, who of thy infinite 
goodness, didst accept the con- 
version of a sinner on the cross; 
Open thine eye of merey upon this 
thy servant, who desireth pardon 
and forgiveness, though in his latest 
hour Ae turneth unto thee. Renew 
in him whatsoever hath been de- 
cayed by the fraud and malice of 
the devil, or by Ats own carnal will 
and frailness. Consider his contri- 
tion; accept his repentance; and 
forasmuch as he putteth Ats full trust 
only in thy mercy, impute not unto 
him hts former sins, but strengthen 
him with thy blessed Spirit: and 
when thou art-pleased to take him 
hence, take Atm unto thy favor. 
This we beg through thy merits, O 
Lord, our Saviour and our Redeem- 
er. Amen. 


¥ Then shall the Minister say, 
O FATHER of mercies, and God 

of allcomfort; We fly unto thee 
for succour in behalf of this thy ser- 
vant, who is now under the sentence 
of condemnation. The day of hts 
calamity is at hand, and he is ac- 


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VISITATION OF PRISONERS. 


counted as one of those who go 
down into the pit. Blessed Lord, 
remember thy mercies; look upon 
. his infirmities; hear the voice of his 
complaint; give him,-we beseech 
thee, patience in this Ais time of ad- 
versity, and support under the ter- 
rors which encompass htm ; set be- 
fore hiseyes thethings he hath done in 
the body, which have justly provok- 
ed thee to anger ; and forasmuch as 
his continuance appeareth to be 
short amongst us, quicken hun so 
much the more by thy grace and 
Holy Spirit; that Ae, being convert- 
ed and reconciled unto thee, before 
thy judgments have cut Aim off from 
the earth, may at the hour of his 
death depart in peace, and be re- 
ceived inio thine everlasting king- 
dom; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


{Adding this. 


SAVIOUR of the world, who by 

thy Cross and precious Blood 
hast redeemed us ; Saveus, and help 
us, we humbly beseech thee, O 
Lord. 


{ Then the Minister standing, shall 
say, 


N the midst of life we are in death: 

of whom may we seek for sue- 

cour, but of thee, O Lord, who for 
our sis art justly displeased ? 

Yet, O Lord God most* holy, O 
Lord most mighty, O holy and most 
merciful Saviour, deliver us not into 
the bitter pains of eternal death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets 
- of our hearts; shut not thy merciful 
ears to our prayer; but spare us, 
Lord most holy, O God most mighty, 
O holy and merciful Saviour, thou 
most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us 
not, at our last hour, for any pains 
of death, to fall from thee. 


4 Then the Minister shall say, 

Pe Almighty God, who is a most 

strong tower to all those who 
put their trust in him, to whom all 
things in heaven, in earth, and under 
the earth, do bow and obey, Be now 
and evermore thy defence; and 
make thee know and feel, that there 


is none other Name under heaven 
given to man, in whom, and through 


’ 2 


whom, thou mayest receive salva- 
tion, but only the Name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 


¥ And after that shall say, 


NTO God’s gracious mercy and 

protection we commit thee. The 
Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The 
Lord make his face to shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee. The 
Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee, and give thee peace, both now 
and evermore. Amen. 


Q At the time of Execution, besides 
all, or such parts of the foregoing 
Office as the Minister shall judge 
proper, shall be said the Commen- 
datory Prayer for a person at the 
point of departure, as tt is in the 
Visitation of the Sick. 

The Collect for the Communion Ser- 

wice. 


GOD,who declarest thy almighty 

power chiefly in showing mercy 
and pity ; We beseech thee to have 
merey upon this thy servant, who 
for Avs transgressions is appointed to 
die. Grant that he may take thy 
judgments patiently, and repent him 
truly of Ats sins; that he recovering 
thy favor, the fearful reward of his 
actions may end with this life ; and- 
whensoever Ais soul shall depart 
from the body it may be without 
spot presented unto thee; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The Epistle. Heb. xii. 11. 


O chastening for the present 

seemeth to be joyous, but griey- 
ous; wnevertheless, afterward it 
yieldeth the peaceable fruit of right- 
eousness, unto them which are ex 
ercised thereby. ; 


The Gospel. St. John y. 24. 
eRe verily, I say unto you 
He that heareth my word, an 

believeth on Him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come | 
into condemnation; but is passed 
from death unto life. 

A Prayer for imprisoned Debtors. 


i / OST gracious God, look down 
in pity and compassion upon 
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PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD. 


these thine afflicted servants, who 
are fallen under the misery of a 
close restraint. Give them always 
a deep sense of their sins, and of thy 
fatherly love and correction; and 
the more their confinement presseth 
hard upon them, the more let the 
comforts of thy grace and mercy 
abound towards them. Give to their 
creditors tenderness and compassion, 
and to them a meek and forgiving 
spirit towards all those who have 





confined them, and a full purpose to 
repair all the injuries and losses 
which others have sustained by 
them. Raise them up friends to pity 
and relieve them; give them the 
continued comfort of thy counte- 
nance here; and soto sanctify their 
afflictions, that they may work for 
them an eternal weight of glory ; 
through the merits and mediation of 
Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. 
Amen. 





A FORM OF PRAYER AND 


THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD, 


FOR THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH, AND ALL THE OTHER BLESS- 
INGS OF HIS MERCIFUL PROVIDENCE} 


To be used yearly on the rirst THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER, Or 
on such other day as shall be appointed by the Civil Au 


thority. 


» J The service shall be as usual, except where it is hereby otherwise ap- 
pointed. 


7 Among the Sentences at the begin- 
ning of Morning Prayer shall be 
the following. 


ONOR the Lorp with thy sub- 

stance, and with the first-fruits 
of all thine increase; so shall thy 
barns be filled with plenty, and thy 
presses shall burst out with new 
wine. Prov. ili. 9, 10. 

“The Lorp by wisdom hath found- 
ed the earth; by understanding hath 
he established the heavens: by his 
knowledge the depths are broken 
up, and the clouds drop down the 
dew. Prov. iii. 19, 20. 

The eternal God is thy refuge, and 
underneath are the everlasting arms. 
Deut. xxxiii. 27. 

Israel then shall dwell in safety 
- alone; the fountain of Jacob shall 
be upon the land of corn and of wine, 
also his heaven shall drop down 
dew. Deut. xxxili. 28. ~ 


Happy art thou, O Israel; who is 
like unto thee, O people saved by 
the Lorp, the shield of thy help, and 
who is the sword of thy excellency ! 
Deut. XxXxiil. 29. 


{ Instead of, O come let us sing, 


§c., the following shall be said or 
sung, 


RAISE ye the Lorn: for it is 

good to sing praises unto our 
God; for it is pleasant, and praise is 
comely. 

The Lorp doth build up Jerusa- 
lem: he gathereth together the out- 
casts of Israel. 

He healeth those that are broken 
in heart, and bindeth up their 
wounds. EES 

He covereth the heaven with 
clouds, and prepareth rain for the 
earth ; he maketh the grass to grow 
coe the mountains. 


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PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD. 


He giveth to the beast his food, 
and to the young ravens which cry. 

Praise the Lorp, O Jerusalem}; 
praise thy God, O Sion, 

For he hath strengthened the bars 
of thy gates; he hath blessed thy 
children within thee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders, 
and filleth thee with the finest of the 
wheat. 


J Then shall be said or sung one of 
the Selections, or some other portion 
of the Psalms, qt the discretion of 
the Minister. 

The First Lesson shall be Deut. 
viii., and the Second Lesson shall 
be 1 Thess. v. 12 to 24. 


¥ After the General Thanksgiving, 
shall be satd this which followeth. 


Mos? gracious God, by whose 
knowledge the depths are bro- 
ken up, and the clouds drop down 
the dew; We yield thee unfeigned 
thanks and praise, as for all thy mer- 
cies, s6 especially for the returns of 
seed-time and harvest, and for 
crowning the year with thy good- 
ness, in the increase of the ground, 
and the gathering in of the fruits 
thereof. And, we beseech thee, 
give us a just sense of this great 
mercy ; such as may appear in our 
lives, by an humble, holy, and obe- 
dient walking before thee all our 
days; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, to whom, with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, be all glory and honor, 
world without end. Amen. 


GY The Collect to be used instead of 
that for the day. 

0 MOST merciful Father, who 

hast blessed the labors of the 
husbandman in the returns of. the 
fruits of the earth; We give thee 
humble and hearty thanks for this 
thy bounty ; beseeching thee to con- 
tinue thy loving-kindness to us ; that 
our land may still yield her increase, 
to thy glory and our comfort ; 


through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The Epistie. St. James i. 16. 


a Fi not err, my beloved brethren. 
Every god ft and every per- 
fect gift is from above ; and cometh 


down from the Father of Lights, 
with whom is no variableness, nei- 
ther shadow of turning. Of hisown 
will begat he us with the word of 
truth, that we should bea kind of 
first-fruits of hiscreatures. Where- 
fore, my beloved brethren, let every 
man be swift to hear, slow to speak, 
slow to wrath: for the wrath of 
man worketh not the righteousness 
of God. Wherefore lay apart all 
filthiness and superfluity of naughti- 
ness, and receive With meekness the 
ingrafted word, which is able to save 
your souls. Be ye doers of the word, - 
and not hearers only, deceiving your 
own selves. Forif any bea hearer 
of the word and nota doer, he is 
like unto a man beholding his natu- 
ral face ina glass; for he beholdeth 
himself, and goeth“his way, and 
straightway forgetteth what manner 
of man he was. But whoso looketh 
into the perfect law of liberty, and 
continueth therein, he being nota 
forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 
work, this man shall be blessed in 
his deed. If any man among you 
seem to be religious, and bridieth 
not his tongue,but deceiveth his own 
heart, this man’s religion is yain. 
Pure religion and undefiled before 
God and the Father is this, To visit 
the fatherless and widows in their 
affliction, and to keep himself un- 
spotted from the world. © » 


The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 43. 


E have heard that it hath been — 
said, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor, and hate thine enemy. But I 


.say unto you, Love your enemies, 


bless them that curse you, do good 
to them that hate you, and pray for 
them which despitefully use you and 
persecute you; that ye may be the 
children of your Father which is in 
heaven: for he maketh his sun to 
rise on the evil and on the good, and 
sendeth rain ‘on the just and on the 
unjust. For if ye love them which 
love you, what reward have ye? 
do not even the publicans the same ? 
Or if ye salute your brethren only, 
what do ye more than others? do 
not the publicans so? Be ye there- 
fore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 


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FAMILY PRAYER. 


FORMS OF 


PRAYER TO BE USED IN FAMILIES. 


MORNING PRAYER. 


GY The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family ag 
can conveniently be present, let one of them, or any other whom they shall 
think proper, say as follows, all kneeling. 


Que Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name, Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give 
us. this day our daily bread: And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And :lead us not- into temptation ; 
but deliver us from evil; For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Arnen. 


LMIGHTY and 


everlasting God, 
in whom we live 
aud move and have 
our being, We, thy 
needy creatures, 
render thee our 
humble praise§, for 


Acknowledg- 
ment of God's 
mercy and pre- 
Servation, espe- 
cially through 
the night past. 


nN 


thy preservation of us from the be- 
ginning of our lives to thi day, and 
especially for having delivered us 
froin the dangers of the past night. 
To thy watehful providence we 


Owe it, *(that no 
disturbance ‘hath 
come nigh us or our 
dwelling ; bufthat 
Wwe are brought in 
safety to the begin- 
ning of this-day.) 
For these thy mer- 
cies, we bless and 
magnify thy glori- 
ous Name ; humbly 
beseeching thee to 


* When distur- 
bances of any 
kind befall a 
family, instead 
of this, say,that 
notwithstand- 
ing our dan- 
gers, We are 
brought in safe 
ty to the begin- 
ning of this 
day. 


accept. this our 
morning sacrifice of praise and 
thanksgiving ; for his sake who lay 
down i the grave, and rose “again 
for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. ~ 


ND, since it is Dedication of 
of thy merey, soul and body 
O gracious Father, toGod’s service, 


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that another day ig with a resolu- 
added to our lives; tion to be grow- 
We here dedicate ing daily in 
both our souls and. goodness. 

our bodies to thee 

and thy service, in a sober, righte- 
ous, and godly life: in which reso- 
lution, do thou, O merciful God, 
confirm and strengthen us; that, as 


We grow in age, We may grow in 


grace, and in the knowledge of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 


UT, O God, who 
knowest the 
weakness and cor- 
ruption of our na- 
ture, and the mani- 
fold temptations which we daily 
meet with; We humbly beseech 
thee to have compassion on our in- 
firmities, and to give us the constant 
assistance of thy Holy Spirit; that 
we may be effectually restrained 
from sin, and excited to our duty. 
Imprint upon our hearts such a dread 
of thy judgments, and such a grate- 
ful sense of thy goodness to us, as 
may make us both afraid and asham- 
ed to offend thee. And, above all, 
keep in our minds a lively remem- 
brance of that great day, in which 
we must give a strict account of our 
thoughts, words, and actions; and 
according to the works done in the 
body, be eternally rewarded or pun- 
ished, by him’ whom thou hast ap= 
pointed the Judge of quick and dead, 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 
Amen. 


Prayer for 
grace to enable 
us to perform 
that resolution. 


“For grace to 
guide and meep — 

us the follow- 

ing day, and — 
Sor God's bless - 


Bs particular, we 
implore thy grace 
and protection for 
the ensuing day. 
Keep us temperate 





FAMILY PRAYER. 


in our meats and ing on the bust- 
drinks, and diligent ness of the 
in our several call- same. 

ings. Grant us pa- 

tience under any afflictions thou 
shalt see fit to lay on us, and minds 
always contented with our present 
condition. Give us grace to be just 
and upright in all our dealings ; quiet 
and peaceable ; full of compassion ; 
and ready to do good to all men, ac- 
cording to our abilities and opportu- 


nities. Direct us in 
all our ways,* [and 
prosper the works 
of our hands in the 
business of our se- 
veral stations. ] De- 
fend us from all 
dangers and adver- 
sities ; and be gra- 
ciously pleased to 


ing. 


* On Sunday 
morning,  tn- 
stead of this, 
say, and let thy 
Holy Spirit,ac- 
company us to 
the place of thy 
public — wor- 
ship, making us 
serious and at- 


take us, and all 
things belonging to 
us, under thy fa- 
therly care protec- 
tion. These things, 
and whatever else 
thou shalt see ne- 
cessary and conve- 
nient to us, Wwe 
humbly beg, 
through the merits 
and mediation of 
thy Son Jesus 
Christ our. Lord 
and Saviour. 
Amen. 


tentive, * and 
raising our 
minds from the 
thoughts of this 
world to the 
consideration 

of the next, 
that we may 
fervently join 
in the prayers 
and praises of 
thy Church,and 
listen to our du- 
ty with honest 
hearts, in order 
to practise it. 


4, 


ee grace of our Lord Jesus — 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 


‘with us all evermore. 





EVENING PRAYER. 


\ 
Gf The Family being together, a little before bed time, let the Master or Mis-. 
tress, or any other whom they shali think proper, say as follows, all kneel- 


UR Father, who art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be dore on 
earth, As it is in heaven. Give us 
this day our daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, AS we for- 
give those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 


sinner, look upon 
us, Wwe. -beseech 
thee, in merey, and 


Amen. 


” 


may secretly : 
confess the sins 
and failings of — 


forgive us all.our thatday, ~ 
transgressions. Make us deeply sen- — 
sible of the great evil of them; and 
work in us an hearty ° contrition ;- 
that we may obtain forgiveness at 
thy hands; who art ever ready to re- 
celve humble and penitent sinners ; 
for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, 


Bt Ae ste merciful 
God, who art 
of purer eyes than 
to behold iniquity, 
hast promised for- 


Confession of 
sins, with a 
prayer for con- 
tritton and par- 
don. 


our only Saviour and. Redeemer. * 


Amen. 
ae lest, through Prayer for 
our own frailty, grace to reform 


or the temptations 


and grow. bet- 





giveness toall those 

who confess and forsake their sins ; 
We come before thee in an humble 
sense of our own unworthiness, ac- 
- knowledging our manifold trans- 
gressions of thy 

righteous laws.*  * Here let him 
But,O gracious Fa- whoreadsmake 
- ther, who desirest a short pause, 
_ not the death of a that every one 


which encompass 
us, we be drawn 
again into sin, vouchsafe us, we be- 
seech thee, the direction and assist- 
ance of thy Holy Spirit. Reform 
whatever isamissin the temper and 
disposition of our souls; that no un- 
clean thoughts, unlawful designs, or 
inordinate desires, may rest there. 
Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, 


ter. 


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FAMILY PRAYER. 


and malice; that we may never suf- 
fer the sun to go down upon our 
wrath ; but may always go to our 
~ rest in peace, charity, and good- -will, 
with a conscience void of offence 
towards thee, and towards men: 
That so we may be preserved pure 
and blameless, unto the coming of 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 


7 Ane accept, O 

Lord, our inter- 
cessions for all man 
kind. Let the light of thy Gospel 
shine upon all nations ; ; and may as 
many as have received it, live as be- 
comes it. Be gracious unto thy 
Church y and grant that every mem- 
ber of the same, in his vocation and 
ministry, may serve thee faithfully. 
Bless all in authority over us; and 
so Tule their hearts and strengthen 
their hands, that they may punish 
wickedness and vice, and maintain 
thy true religion and virtue.. Send 
down thy blessings, temporal and 
‘spiritual, upon all our_ relations, 
friends, and neighbors. Reward all 
who have done us good, and pardon 
all those who have done or wish us 
evil, and give them repentance and 
better minds. Be merciful to all who 
are in any trouble ; and do thou, the 
_ God of pity, administer to them ac- 
cording to their several necessities ; 
_ for his sake who went about doing 
good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
_ Christ. Amen. 


O our prayers, O The Thanks- 
Lord, we join giving. 

ned 

thee for all thy mercies; for our 

_ being, our reason, and all other en- 

dowments and faculties of soul and 


The Interces- 
sion. 


ie body ; for our health, friends, food, 


and raiment, and all the other com- 
q On Sundays and other days, when 


forts and conveniences of life. Above 
all, we adore thy mercy in sending 
thy only Son into the world, to re- 
deem us from sin and eternal death, 

and in giving us the knowledge and 
sense of our duty towards thee. We 
bless thee for thy patience with us, 
notwithstanding our many and great 
provocations ; for all the directions, 
assistances, and comforts of thy Ho- 
ly Spirit ; for thy continual care and 
watchful providence over us through 
the whole course of our lives; and 
particularly for the mercies and ben- 
efits of the past day : beseeching thee 
to continue these thy blessings to 
us ; and to give us grace to show our 
thankfulness in a sincere obedience 
to his laws, through whose merits 
and intercession we received them 
all,thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. 

‘Amen. 


Prayer for 
God’s  protec- 
tion through the 
night following 


1h particular, we 
beseech thee to 
continue thy gra- 
cious protection to 
us this night. De- 
fend us from all dangers and mis- 
chiefs, and from the ‘fear of them ; 
that we may enjoy such refreshin 
sleep as may fit us for the duties ng 
the following day. Make us ever 
mindful of the time when we shall 
lie down in the dust; and grant us 
grace always to live in such a state, 
that we may never be afraid to die: 
so that, living and dying, we may 
be thine, through the merits and sat- 
isfaction of thy Son Christ Jesus, i: 
whose Name we offer up these our 
imperfect prayers. 


Abs grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and 
the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be 
with usall evermore. Amen. 


it may be convenient, it will be proper 


to begin with a Chapter, or part of a Chapter, from the New Testament. 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS, 


TO BE USED INSTEAD OF THE PSALMS FOR THE DAY, AT THE 
DISCRETION OF THE MINISTER, 


Selection First. 
Psalm xix. Celi enarrant. 

HE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmas. 

ment showeth his handy-work. 

One day telleth another ; and one night certifieth another. 

There is neither speech nor language ; but their voices 
are heard among them. 

Their sound is gone out into all lands; and their words 
into the ends of the world. va 

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; which 
cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and re- 
joiceth as a giant to run his course. 3 

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and 
runneth about unto the end of it again ; and there is noth- 
ing hid from the heat thereof. 

The law of the Lorp is an undefiled law, converting the 
soul; and the testimony of the Lorp is sure, and giveth 
Htsdone unto the simple. 

The statutes of the Lorp are right, and rejoice the heart ;. 
the commandment of the Lorp is pure, and ene light 
unto the eyes. 

The fear of the Lorp is clean, and endureth for ever; 
the judgments of the Lorp are true, and righteous alto- 
gether. 


More to be desired are they than gold; yea, than much 


fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb. 


Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; and in keep- 


~ ing of them there i is great reward. 


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Sex. 1. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sex. 1. 


Who can tell how oft he offendeth? Ocleanse thou me 
from my secret faults. 5 

Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they ° 
get the dominion over me. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my 
heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, 
_O Lorp, my strength and my redeemer. 


Psalm xxiv. Domini est terra. 


HE earth is the Lorn’s, and all that therein is ; the com- 
pass of the world, and they that dwell therein. 
_ For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it 
upon the floods. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lorn? or who 
shall rise up in his holy place ? 

Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; and 
that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to de- 
ceive his neighbor. 

_ He shall receive the blessing from the hy and righte- 
ousness from the God of his salvation. 

This is the generation of them that seek him, even of 
them that seek thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be lift up, ye ever- 
lasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of glory? it is the Lorp strong and 
mighty, even the Lorp mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of glory? even the Lorp of hosts, he 
is the King of glory. 


Psalm ciii. Benedic, anima mea. 
RAISE the Lorp, O my soul; ae all that is within me 
praise his holy N ame. 


Praise the Lorp, O my soul, and oe not all his bene- 
fits : . | 


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Sex. 1. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sex. 1. 


Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmi- 
ties ; 

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee 
with mercy and loving kindness ; 

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good this making thee 
young and lusty as an eagle. 

The Lorp executeth righteousness and judgment for all 
them that are oppressed with wrong. 

He showed his ways unto Moses, his works unto the 
children of Israel. i 

The Lorp is full of compassion and mercy, long suffer- ~ 
ing, and of great goodness. 

He will not alway be chiding; neither keepeth he his 
anger for ever. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded 
us according to our wickednesses. 

For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the 
earth; so great is his mercy also toward them that fear 
him ! 

Look how wide also the east is from the west; so far 
hath he set our sins from us. 

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children; even so. 
is the Lorn merciful unto them that fear him. 

For he knoweth whereof we are made; he remembereth 
that we are but dust. 

The days of man are but as grass; for he flourisheth as. 
a flower of the field. 

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, itis gone; and 
the place thereof shall know it no more. ~ . 

But the merciful goodness of the Lorp endureth for ever — 


_ and ever upon them that fear him; and his rigntpour 


upon children’s children ; 
Even upon such as keep his covenant, and think upon 
his commandments to do them. 
The Lorp hath prepared his seat in sca and his 
kingdom ruleth over all. 
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Sex. 2. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. ‘SEL. 2. 


O praise the Lorn, ye angels of his, ye that excel in 
strength; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken 
unto the voice of his word. 

O praise the Lorp, all ye his hosts; ye servants of his 
that do his pleasure. 

O speak good of the Lorp, all ye works of his, in all 
places of his dominion: praise thou the Lorp, O my soul. 


Selection Second. 
From Psalm cxxxix. Domine, probasti. 
LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me. 
Thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising ; 
thou understandest my thoughts long before. 
Thou art about my path, and about my bed; and spiest 
out all my ways. 
For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O 
Lorp, knowest it altogether. 
Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid 
thine hand upon me. 
Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me: 
I cannot attain unto it. 
Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit ? or whither shall 
I go then from thy presence 4 
If I climb up into heaven, thou art there; if I go down 


to hell, thou art there also. 


If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the 

uttermost parts of the sea; 
Even there also shall thy hand lead-me, and thy right 

hand shall hold me. 

If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover ioe 
then shall my night be turned to day. 

Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night 
is as lear as the day; the darkness and light to thee are 


both alike. 
_ For my reins are thine; thou hast covered’: me in my 
mother’s womb. 


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‘SEL. 2. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Set. 2. 


I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and won- 
derfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that.my 
soul knoweth right well. 

My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made se- 
cretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. 

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; 
and in thy book were all my members written ; 

Which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there 
was none of them. 

How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God ; O how great 
is the sum of them ! 

If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand: 
when I wake up, I am present with thee. 

Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove 
me, and examine my thoughts. 

Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me} 
and lead me in the way everlasting. 


Psalm cxlv. LE xaltabo te, Deus. 


4 


hy 


WILL magnify thee, O God, my King; and I will praise 


thy Name for ever and ever. 


Every day will I give thanks unto thee ; and praise thy. 


Name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lorp, and marvellous worthy to be praised $ ; 
there is no end of his greatness. 

One generation shall praise thy Werre unto another, and 
declare thy power. 

As for me, I will be talking of thy worship, thy glory, 
thy praise, anid wondrous works ; 


So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous | 


acts ; and I will also tell of thy greatness. 


The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be show- _ 


ed; and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 

The Lorp is gracious and merciful; long suffering, and 
of great goodness. 

The Lorp is loving unto every man; and his mercy is 
over all his works. 

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SEL. 3. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sex. 3. 


All thy works praise thee, O Lorn; and thy saints give 
thanks unto thee. 

They show the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy 
power ; 

That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy king- 
dom, might be known unto men. 

Thy kingdom isan everlasting kingdom, and thy domin- 
ion endureth throughout all ages. 

The Lorp upholdeth all such as fall, and lifteth up all 
those that are down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lorn; and thou givest 
them their meat in due season. 

Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things living with 
plenteousness. 

The Lorp is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his 
works. 

The Lorp is nigh unto all them that call upon him; yea, 
all such as call upon him faithfully. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; he also 
will hear their cry, and will help them. 
The Lorp preserveth all them that love him ; but scat- 
We tereth abroad all the ungodly. 
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lorn: and let 
"all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. 


Selection Ahird. 


From Psalm li. Miserere mei, Deus. 


AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness ; 
according to the mulbinde of ey mercies do away. 
mine offences. 
Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse 
me from my sin. 
For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before 





Against th thee only have I sinned, and dons this seit in Bae 
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Set. 3. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Seu. 3. 


sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and 
clear when thou art judged. 

Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my 
mother conceived me. 

But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt 
make me to understand wisdom secretly. 

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; 
thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the 
bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 


Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my mis- 


deeds. 
_ Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit 
within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy 
Holy Spirit from me. 

O give me the comfort of thy help again, and stablish 
me with thy free Spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and sin- 
ners shall be converted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art 
the God of my health; and my tongue shall sing of thy 
righteousness. 

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall 
show thy praise. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee ; 
but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and. 
contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. 

From Psalm ‘xlii. Quemadmodum. 

IKE as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth 

my soul after thee, O God. 

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: 

’ when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? 

‘My tears have been my meat day and night, while ‘anid 

ealy say unto me, Where is now thy God? 
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Seu. 4. ’ SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Set. 4. 


Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by 
myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them 
forth into the house of God ; 

In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as 
keep holy-day. 

Why art thou so full of heaviness, Omy soul? and why 
art thou so disquieted within me ? 

Put thy trust in God; for I will yet give him thanks for 
the help of his countenance. 

The Lorp hath granted his loving-kindness in the day- 
time ; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made 
my fae: unto the God of my life. 

I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou 


_ forgotten me? why go I thus heavily, while the enemy 


oppresseth me ? 

Namely, while they say daily unto me, Where is now 
thy God ? 

Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and why art thou 
so disquieted in me ¢ 

O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which 
is the help of my countenance and my God. ' 


Selection fourth, 


Psalm xxxvu. Noli emulari. 
RET not thyself because of the ungodly ; neither be 
thou envious against the evil doers. 
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be 
withered even as the green herb. } 
Put thou thy trust in the Lorp, and be doing good ; dwell 
in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 
Delight thou in the Lorp, and ‘he shall give thee thy 


heart’s desire. 


Commit thy way unto the Lorn, and put thy trust in 


him, and he shall bring it to pass. 


He shall make thy Tighteousness as clear as the light, 
and thy just dealing as the noon-day. 
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Sex. 4. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS, Sex. 4, 


Hold thee still in the Lorn, and abide patiently upon 
him: but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth pros- 
per, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. 

Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not 
thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. | 

Wicked doers shall be rooted out; and they that pa- 
tiently abide the Lorp, those shall inherit the land. 

Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone: 
thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away. 

But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth, and shall 
be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 

The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, and gnash- ' 
eth upon him with his teeth. 

The Lorp shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen 


that his day is coming. 


The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent 
their bow, to’cast down the poor and needy, and to slay 
such as are of a right conversation. 

Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their 
bow shall be broken. 

A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than great 
riches of the ungodly. 

For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the 
Lorp upholdeth the righteous. 

The Lorn knoweth the days of the godly ; and their in- 
heritance shall endure for ever. 

They shall not be confounded in the perilous times; and 
in the days of dearth they shall have enough. é 

As for the ungodly, they shall perish, aaa the enemies 
of the Lory shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even 
as the smoke shall they consume away. 

The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; but the 
righteous is merciful and iscral, 

Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land ; and 
they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out. 

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SEx. 4. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS, Set. 4. 


The Lorp ordereth a good man’s going, and maketh his 
way acceptable to himself. 

Though he fall, he shall not be cast away ; forthe Lorp 
upholdeth him with his hand. 

I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I 
never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their 
bread. 

The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his 
seed is blessed. 

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good; and dwell 
for evermore. 

For the Lorp loveth the thing that is right ; he forsaketh 
not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 

The unrighteous shall be punished, as for the seed of 
_ the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein 
for ever. 

The mouth of the righteous is exercised in Deiat and 
his tongue will be talking of judgment. 

The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings shall 
not slide. 

The ungodly seeth the righteous, and seeketh occasion 
to slay him. 

The Lorp will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn 
him when he is judged. 

Hope thou in the Lorn, and keep his way, and he shall 
promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: when the 
ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flour- 
ishing like a green bay-tree. 

I went by, and lo, he was gone: I sought him, but his 
place could no ayhord be found. 

Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is 
_ right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 

As for the transgressors, they shall perish together ; and 
the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last. 

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Sex."5. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sen. 5. 


But tne salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lorn; 
who is also their strength in the time of trouble. 

And the Lorp shall stand by them, and save them: he 
shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, 
because they put their trust in him. 


Selection Hifth. 
Psalm i. Beatus vir, qua non abut. 


LESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and x 
hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 

But his delight is in the law of the Lorn; and in his law 
will he exercise himself day and night. 

And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, 
that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 

His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he 
doeth, it shall prosper. 

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they are 
like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the 
face of the earth. 

Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the 
judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 

But the Lorp knoweth the way of the righteous; and 
the way of the ungodly shall perish. 


Psalm xv. Domine, quis habitabit ? 


ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle ? or who shall 

rest upon thy holy hill? 

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the 
thing whieh is right, and speaketh the ‘truth from his 
heats 

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil 
to his neighbor, and hath not slandered his neighbor. 

He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own 
eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lorn. 

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Sru. 5. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. SEL. 5. 


He that sweareth unto his neighbor, and disappointeth 
him not, though it were to his own hindrance. 

He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken 
reward against the innocent. 

Whoso doeth these things shall never fall. 


Psalm xci. Quz habitat. 


HOSO dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, 
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 

I will say unto the Lorp, Thou art my hope, and my 
strong hold ; my God, in him will I trust. 

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, 
and from the noisome pestilence. 
' He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be 
safe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall be 
thy shield and buckler. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for 
the arrow that flieth by day ; 
’ For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the 
sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. 

A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at 
thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee. 

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the re- 
ward of the ungodly. 

For thou, Lorp, art my hope; thou hast set thine house 
of defence very high. 

There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall any — 
plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep 
thee inall thy ways. 

They shall bear thee in their hands; that thou hurt not 
thy foot against a stone. / 

Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young lion 
and dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I 
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SEL. 6. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Seu. 6. 


deliver him; I will set him up, because he hath iti my 
Name. 

He shall call upon me, and I will hear him; yea, Iam 
with him in trouble; I mo deliver him, and bring him to 
honor. 

With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my sal- 
vation. 


Selection Sirth. 


From Psalm xxxii. Beatt, quorum. 


ee is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and ; 


whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, 
and in whose spirit there is no guile. 

I will acknowledge my sin unto thee ; and mine unright- 
eousness have I not hid. 

I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lorn; and so thou 
forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 

For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer 
unto thee, ina time when thou mayest be found; but in 
the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him. 

Thou art a place to hide me in; thou shalt preserve me 
from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of 
deliverance. 


I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein 


thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye. 


Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso put- 


teth his trust in the Lorp, mercy embraceth him on every 
side. 


Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lorp; and 
be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. 


Psalm exxx. De profundis. 
UT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lorn; Lord, 
hear my voice. 
O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. 
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SEL. 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. SEL. 7. 


If thou, Lorn, wilt be extreme to mark what is done 
-amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? i 

For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be 
feared. 

I look for the Lorp; my soul doth wait for him ; in his 
word is my trust. 

My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch ; 
I say, before the morning watch. 

O Israel, trust in the Lorp; for with the Lorp there is 
mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins. 


Psalm cxxi. Levavi oculos meos. 
WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence 
cometh my help. * 
My help cometh even from the Lorp, who hath made 
heaven and earth. 
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; and he that 
keepeth thee will not sleep. 
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor 
sleep. 
The Lorp himself is thy keeper; the Lorp is thy de- 
fence upon thy right hand ; 
- §o that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the 
~ moon by night. i 
_ The Lorn shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is 
_ even he that shall keep thy soul. : 
The Lorp shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming 
in, from this time forth for evermore. 


Selection Seventh. 
Psalm xxiii. Dominus regit me. 
pu Lorp is my shepherd ; therefore can I lack noth- 


ing. 
He shall feed me ina sreen pasture, and lead me forth 
beside the waters of comfort. 
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Set. 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Set. 7. 


He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in‘ the 
paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake. 

Yea, though I’ walk through the valley of the shadow of 
death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod 
and a staff comfort me. 

Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that 
trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my 
cup shall bi full. 

But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all 
the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the 
Lorp for ever. 


Psalm xxxiv. Benedicam Domino. 


WILL alway give thanks unto the Lorn; his praise 
I shall ever be im my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lorp ; the humble 
shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

O praise the Lorp with me, and let us magnify his 
Name together. 

Isought the Lorn, and he heard me; yea, he delivered 
me out of all my is 

They had an eye unto him, and were lightened ; and 
their faces were not ashamed. 

Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lorp heareth him; yea, and 
saveth him out of all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lorp tarrieth round about them that 
fear him, and delivereth them. 

O taste, and see, how gracious the Lorp is: blessed is 
the man that ee in him. 

O fear the Lorn, ye that are his saints; for they that 
fear him lack naphice 

The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who 
seek the Lorp shall want no manner of thing that is good. 

Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will teach 
you the fear of the Lorp. 

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SEL. 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sen. 7. 


What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see 
good days? 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak 
no guile. 

Eschew evil, and do good ; seek peace, and ensue it. 

The eyes of the Lorp are over the righteous, and his 
ears are open unto their prayers. 

The countenance of the Lorp is against them that do 
evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 

The righteous cry, and the Lorp heareth them, and de- 
livereth them out of all their troubles. 

The Lorp is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, 
and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 

Great are the troubles of the righteous; but the Lorp 
delivereth him out of all. 

He keepeth all his bones, so that not one of them is 
broken. 

But misfortune shall slay the ungodly; and- they that 
hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

The Lorp delivereth the souls of his servants; and all 
they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. 


Psalm lxv. Te decet hymnus. 


HOU, O God, art praised in Sion; and unto thee shall 

the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 

Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh 
come. 

My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful 
‘unto our sins. 

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest 
unto thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satis- 
fied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy 
temple. 

Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteous- 
ness, O God of our salvation ; thou that art the hope of all the 
ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea, 

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Who in his strength setteth fast the ‘mountains, and is 
girded about with power. 

Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his 
waves, and the madness of the people. 

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth 
shall be afraid at thy tokens, thou that makest the outgo- 
ings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 

Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; thou makest it 
very plenteous. 

The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their 
corn, for so thou providest for the earth. 

Thou waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain into the 
little valleys thereof; thou makest it soft with the drops of 
rain, and blessest tHBN increase of it. 

Thou crownest the year with thy soodneds: and thy 
clouds drop fatness. 

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness; 
and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 

The folds shall be full of sheep; the valleys also shall 
stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. 


Selection Gighth. 
From Psalm Ixxxiv. Quam dilecta. 


HOW amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lorp of hosts! 

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the 

courts of the Lorp; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the 
living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the 
swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy 
altars, O Lorp af hosts, my King and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be 
alway praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in whose 
heart are thy ways. 


Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well ; 


eon the pools are filled with water. 


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They will go from strength to strength; and unto the 
God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 

O Lorp God of hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God 
of Jacob. 

For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 

I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, 
than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

For the Lorp God is a light and defence ; the Lorp will 
give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he with- 
hold from them that live a godly life. 

O Lorp God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his 
trust in thee. 


Psalm Ixxxv. Benedixistt, Domine. 


ORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou 
hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 
Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and cover- 
ed all their sins. 
Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned 
thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 
Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger 
cease from us. 
Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou 
stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another ? 
Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy people 
may rejoice in thee? 
Show us thy mercy, O Lorp, and grant us thy salvation. 
I will hearken what the Lord Gop will say concerning 
me; for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his 
a that they turn not again. 
For his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory 
may dwell in our land. 
Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and 
peace have kissed each other. 
Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and rishiaontaeee 
hath looked sith from heaven. 
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Seu 8. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sen. 8. 


Yea, tne Lorp shall show loving-kindness ; and our land 
shall give her increase. 

Righteousness shall go before him ; and he shall direct 
his going in the way. 


Psalm xciii. Dominus regnavit. 


HE Lorp is King, and hath put on glorious apparel ; the 
Lorp hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with 
strength. 
He hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot be 
moved. 
Ever since the world began hath thy seat been prepared : 
thou art from everlasting. 
‘The floods are risen, O Lorp, the floods have lift up their 
voice ; the floods lift up their waves. | 
The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; 
but yet the Lorp, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 
Thy testimonies, O Lorn, are very sure: holiness be- 
cometh thine house for ever. 


Psalm xevil. Dominus regnavit. 
HE Lorp is King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, 
the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness 
and judgment are the habitation of his seat. 

There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his ene- 
mies on every side. 

His bghtnings gave shine unto the world: the earth saw 
it, and was afraid. . | 

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lorp ; 


_ at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 


The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all the 
people have seen his glory. 
Confounded be all they that worship carved images,and 
that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. 
Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Ju- 
dah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Lorp. 
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SEL. 9. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. SEL. 9. 


For thou, Lorp, art higher than all that are in the earth; 
thou art exalted far above all gods. 

O ye that love the Lorn, see that ye hate the thing 
which is evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; 
he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and joyful 
gladness for such as are true-hearted. 

Rejoice in the Lorn, ye righteous; and give thanks for 
a remembrance of his holiness. 


Selection Ninth. 
Psalm viii. Domine, Dominus noster. 


LORD, our Governor, how excellent is thy Name inall 
the world; thou that hast set thy glory above the 
heavens ! 
Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou 
, ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou 
mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 
For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy 
fingers ; the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. 
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son 
of man, that thou visitest him ? 
Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him 
with glory and worship. 
Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy 
hands; and thou hast put all things in subjection under his 
feet ; 
All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field ; 
' The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; and 
whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 
O Lorp, our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all 
the world! 


From Psalm xxxiii. Exultate, justi. 


EJOICE in the Lorp, O ye righteous ; for it becometh 
well the just to be thankful. 
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Sax. 9. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. ~ SEL. 9. 

Praise the Lorp with harp; sing praises unto him with 
the lute, and instrument of ten strings. 

Sing unto the Lorp a new song ; sing praises unto him 
with a good courage. 

For the word of the Lorp is true; and all his works are 
faithful. . 

He loveth righteousness and judgment ; the earth is full 
of the goodness of the Lorp. 

By the word of the Lorp were the heavens made ; and 
all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were 
upon an heap; and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure- 
house. 

Let all the earth fear the Lorp: stand in awe of him, 
all ye that dwell in the world. 

For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it 
stood fast. 

From Psalm exlvii. Laudate Dominum. 
PRAISE the Lorp, for it is a good thing to sing praises 
unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to 
be thankful. | 

The Lorn doth build up Jerusalem, and gather together 
the outcasts of Israel. 

He healeth those that are broken in heart, and giveth 
medicine to heal their sickness. 

He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all 
by their names. 

Great is our Lord, and great is his BOP PE: yea, and his 
wisdom. is infinite. 

The Lorp setteth up the meek, and bringeth the ungod- 
ly down to the ground. 

O sing unto the Lorp with thanksgiving; sing praises 

upon the harp unto our God ; 

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth 
rain for the earth; and maketh the grass to grow upon the 
mountains, and herb for the use of men ; 

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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. —_sS.. 9. 


Sev. 9. . 

Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the young 
ravens that call upon him. 

The Lorp’s delight isin them that fear him, and put 
their trust in his mercy. 
~ Praise the Lorn, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion. 

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath 
blessed thy children within thee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with 
the flour of wheat. 

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth, and his 
word runneth very swiftly. 

He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoar-frost 
like ashes. 

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to 
abide his frost ? 

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth 
with his wind, and the waters flow. 

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and ordi- 
nances unto Israel. 

He hath not dealt so with any nation; neither have the 
heathen knowledge of his laws. 


From Psalm Ivii. Miserere mei, Deus. 


ET up thyself, O God, above the heavens; and thy 
_™ glory above all the earth. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing 
and give praise. 

Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I myself 
will awake right early. 

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people; 
and I will sing unto thee among the nations. 

For the greatness of thy mercy .reacheth unto the hea- 
vens, and thy truth unto the clouds. . 

Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens; and thy 
glory above all the earth. 


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” SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. : Sex. 10. 
Selection Tenth. 


From Psalm xevi. Cantate Domino. 


Sen. 10. 


SING unto the Lorp a new song; sing unto the Lorp, 
all the whole earth. 
Sing unto the Lor», and praise his name ; be telling of 
his salvation from day to day. 
Declare his honor unto the heathen, and his wonders 
unto all people. 
For the Lorp is great, and cannot worthily be praised ; 
he is more to be feared than all gods. 


Psalm cxlviii. Laudate Dominum. 


PRAISE the Lorp of heaven: praise him in the 
height. 

Praise him, all ye angels of his: praise him, all his 
hosts. 

Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and 
light. 

Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye waters that are above 
the heavens. 

Let them praise the Name of the Lorn: for he spake the 
word, and they were made; he Commanded and they 
were eon tod: 

He hath made them fast for ever and ever: he hath 
given them alaw which shall not be broken. 

Praise the Lorp upon earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 

Fire and hail, snow and vapours, wind and storm, ful- 
filling his word : 

Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars: 

Beasts and all cattle ; worms and feathered fowls: 

Kings of the earthand all people; princesand all judges 
of the world: 

Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise 
the Name of the Lorn: for his name only is excellent, and 
his praise above heaven and earth. 

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He shall exhal the horn of his people: all his saints 
shall praise him; even the children of Israel, even the 
people that serveth him. 


From Psalm cxlix. Cantate Domino. 
SING unto the Lorn a new song; let the congress 
of saints praise him. 
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, and let the 
children of Sion be joyful in their King. 
Let them praise his Name in the dance: let them sing 
praises unto him with tabret and harp. 
For the Lorp hath pleasure in his people, and helpeth 
the meek-hearted. 
| Psalm cl. Laudate Dominum. 
PRAISE God in his holiness: praise him in the firma- 
ment of his power. 
Praise him im his noble acts: praise him according to 
his excellent greatness. 
Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon 
the lute and harp. 
Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon 
the strings and pipe. 
Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him 
upon the loud cymbals. 
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lorp. 





Q Portions of Psalms, to be sung or said, at Morning Prayer, on certain 
Feasts and Fasts, instead of the Venite Exultemus, when any of the fore- 
going Selections are to follow instead of the Psalms, as in the table. 


Cpristmas=WDap. 
| From Psalms xlv. lxxxix. cx. 
i bie. seat, O God, endureth for ever; the sceptre of thy 
kingdom is a right sceptre. 

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated imiquity ; 
wherefore, God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with 
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

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¥. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS ~ . 

My song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the 
Lorn ; with my mouth willI ever be showing thy truth 
from one generation to another. x 

For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy 
truth shalt thou establish in the heavens. 

_ The Lorn is our defence; the Holy One of Israel is our 
King. 

Thou spakest some time in visions unto thy saints, and 
saidst, I have laid help upon One that is mighty, I have 
exalted One chosen out of the people. 

I will set his dominion in the sea, and his right hand in * 
the floods. 

And I will make him my First-born, higher than the 
kings of the earth. 

The Lorn said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 
until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

The Lorp shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: 
be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies. 

In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free- 
will offerings with an holy worship: the dew of thy birth 
is of the womb of the morning. 

The Lorp sware, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest 
for ever, after the order of Melchizedech. 





Ash-Bevnesday. 
From Psalms xxxil. XXxvill. CXxx. 


LESSED is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and 
whose sin is covered. ; 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lorn imputeth no 
sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 

Put me not to rebuke, O Lorp, in thine anger ; neces 
chasten me in thy heavy displeasure : 

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and ny hand ace te 
me sore. 

My wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like 
a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. . 

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I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin. 
Haste thee to help me, O Lord God of my Salvation. 
Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lorn; Lord, 
hear my voice. 
Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my a 
tions. 
If thou, Lorp, shouldest be extreme to mark what is 
done amiss, O Lord, who shall stand ? 
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be 
feared. 





Good- friday. 


From Psalms xxii. lxix. xl. 


AY God! my God! look upon me; why hast thou for- 
saken me? and art so far from my health, and from 
the words of my complaint ? 

But thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of 
Israel. 

I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and de- 
spised of the people. 

_ All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out 
the lip, they shake the head, saying, 

He trusted in Gop, that he would deliver him ; let him 
deliver him, if he will have him. 

The counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me; 
they pierced my hands and my feet. 

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon 
my vesture. 

But be not thou far from me, O Lorp: O my strength, 
haste thee to help me. 

Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heavi- 
ness: [looked for some to have pity bf me, but there was 
no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 

They' gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty they 
gave me vinegar to drink. 

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Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not, but mine 
ears hast thou opened. 

Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not re- 
quired: then said I, Lo, I come; 

In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I 
should fulfil thy will, O my God: Iam content to do it; 
‘yea, thy law is withit my heart. 





Ascenston=-Wap. 
From Psalms xxiv. xlvii. 
IFT up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye 
4 everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in, 
Who is the King of glory? the Lorpstrong and mighty ; 
even the Lorp mighty in battle. 
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 
Who is the King of glory? Even the Lorp of hosts, he 
is the King of glory. 
O clap your hands together, all ye people ; shout unto 
God with the voice of triumph. 
For the Lorp most high is terrible; he is a great King 
over all the earth. 
God is gone up with a shout; the Lorp with the sound 
of a trumpet. 
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our 
King, sing praises. 
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the 
throne of his holiness. 
The princes of the people are gathered together, even 
the people of the God of Abraham ; for the shields of the 
earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. 





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WB hit-Sundap. 
From Psalms ii. lxviii. ; 
WILL declare the decree: the Lorp hath said unto 
me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 
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Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine 
inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy 
possession. 

Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye 
judges of the earth. 

Serve the Lorp with fear, and rejoice with trembling. | 

Sing unto God, sing praises to his Name: extol him that 
rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice 
before him. 

Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheri- 
tance, and refreshedst it when it was weary. 

The Lord gave the word; great was the company of 
those that published it. 

Though ye have lain among the pots; yet shall ye be 
as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feath- 
ers with yellow gold. 

Thou hast ascended on high; thou hast led captivity 
captive; thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the 
rebellious also, that the Lorp God might dwell among 
them. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits ; 
even the God of our salvation. 

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth: O sing praises 
unto the Lord ; 

To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which 
were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a 
mighty voice. | 

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over 
Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places; the God 
of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his 
peor Blessed be God. 


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OR 


PSALMS OF DAVID. 





THE FIRST DAY. 
fHorning Praver. 
Psalm i. Beatus vir, qui non abiit. 
LESSED is the man that hath not walked in the coun- 
sel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, 
and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 

2. But his delight is in the law of the Lorp; and in his 
law will he exercise himself day and night. 

3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, 
that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 

4, His \éat also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever 
he doeth, it shall prosper. 

5. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they 
are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from 
the face of the batth: 

6. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stinid in 
the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of 
the righteous. 

7. But the Lorp knoweth the way of the righteous ; and 
the way of the ungodly shall perish. 


Psalm ii. Quare fremuerunt gentes ? 


W HY do the heathen so furiously rage together? and 
why do the people imagine a vain thing ? 
2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers 
take counsel together against the Lorp, and against his 
Anointed : 


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3 Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away 
their cords from us. 

4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laughthem to scorn: 
the Lord shall have them in derision. 

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex 
them in his sore displeasure. 

6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion. 

7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lorp hath said 
unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 

8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for 
thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for 
thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break 
them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be learned, ye 
that are judges of the earth. 

11 Serve the Lorp in fear, and rejoice unto him with 
reverence. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish 
from the right way, if his wrath be kindled, yea but a 
little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 


Psalm uli. Domine, quid multiplicati? 


ORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many 
are they that rise against me. 

2 Many one there be that say of my soul, There is no 
help for him in his God. 

3 But thou, O Lorp, art my defender; thou art my wor- 
ship, and the lifter up of my head. 

4 I did call upon the Lorn with my voice, and he heard 
me out of his holy hill. 

5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again ; for the 
Lorp sustained me. 

6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people, 
that have set themselves against me round about. | 

7 Up, Lorp, and help me, O my God! For thou smitest 

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all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone ; thou hast broken 


the teeth of the ungodly. 
8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lorn; and thy blessing 


is upon thy people. 
Psalm iv. Cum invocarem. 


+ 
‘EAR me, when I call, 0 God of my righteousness: 
thou hast set me at liberty, when I was in trouble ; 
have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer. ~ 


2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine _ 


honor, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after 
falsehood ? . 

3 Know this also, that the Lorp hath chosen to himself 
the man that is godly; when I call upon the Lorp he will 
hear me. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own 
heart, and in your chamber, and be still. 

5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust 
in the Lorp. 

6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? 

7 Lorp, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon 
US. 

8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, since the time 
that their corn, and wine, and oil increased. 

9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest ; for it 
is thou, Lorn, only, that makest me dwell in safety. 


Psalm v. Verba mea auribus. 


ONDER my words, O Lorp, consider my meditation. 
2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my 

King, and my God: for unto thee will I make my prayer. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lorn; early in 
the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will 
look up. 

4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wicked- 
ness ; neither shall any evil dwell with thee. 

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5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight ; for thou 
hatest all them that work vanity. 

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: the Lorp 
will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 

7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon 
the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship 
toward thy holy temple. 

8 Lead me, O Lorp, in thy righteousness, because of 
mine enemies ; make thy way plain before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulness in hismouth; their inward 
parts are very wickedness. 

10 Their throat is an open sepulchre ; they flatter with 
their tongue. 

11 Destroy thou them, O God ; let them perish through 
their own imaginations; cast them out in the multitude of 
their ungodliness ; for they have rebelled against thee. 

12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: 
they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou de- 
fendest them ; they that love thy Name shall be Joyful im 
thee. 

13 For thou, Lorp, wilt give thy blessing unto the aE 
eous, and with thy favorable kindness wilt thou defend him, 
as with a shield. 


Lhening Braver. 
Psalm vi. Domine, ne in furore. 


LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither 
chasten me in thy displeasure. 
2 Have mercy upon me, O Lorp, for 1 am weak; O 
Lorp, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 
3 My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lorn, how long 
wilt thou punish me ? 
4 Turn thee, O Lorn, and deliver my soul; O save me, 
for thy mercy’s sake. 
5 For in death no man remembereth thee; and who 
will give thee thanks in the pit ? 
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6 Iam weary of my groaning: every night wash I my 
bed, and water my couch’ with my tears. 

7 My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away 
because of all mine enemies. 

8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity ; for the Lorp 
hath heard the voice of my weeping. 

9 The Lorp hath heard my petition ; the Lorp will re- 
ceive my prayer. 

10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore 
vexed; they shall be turned back, and put to shame sud- 
denly. 

Psalm vu. Domine, Deus meus. 
LORD, my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me 
from all them that persecute me, and deliver me; 

2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in 
pieces, while there is none to help. 

3 O Lorp my God, if I have done any such thing; or if 
there be any wickedness in my hands; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly 
with me ; yea, I have delivered him that without any cause 
is mine enemy ; 

5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take 
me; yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and 
lay mine honor in the dust. 

6 Stand up, O Lorp, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, 
because of the indignation of mine enemies ; arise up for 
me in the judgment that thou hast commanded. 

7 And so shall the congregation of the people come 
about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. 

8 The Lorp shall judge the people: give sentence with 
me, O Lorp, according to my righteousness, and according 
to the innocency that is in me. 

9 O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end ; 
but guide thou the just. 

10 For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and 
reins. 


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11 My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that 
are true of heart. 

12 God isa righteous Judge, strong, and patient; and 
God is provoked every day. 

13 Ifa mau will not turn, he will whet his sword; he 
hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 

14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death ; 
he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 

15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief; he hath con- 
ceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. 

16 He hath graven and digged up a pit, and is fallen 
himself into the destruction that he made for other. 

17 For his travail shall come upon his own head, and 
his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. 

18 I will give thanks unto the Lorp, according to his 
righteousness ; and I will praise the Name of the Lorp 
most high. 


Psalm viii. Domine, Dominus noster. 


LORD, our Governor, how excellent is thy Name inall 
the world; thou that hast set thy glory above the 
heavens ! 

2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast 
thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that 
thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of 
thy fingers; the moon and the stars which thou hast or- 
dained. 

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the 
son of man, that thou visitest him ? 

5 Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown 
him with glory and worship. 

6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of 
thy hands; and thou hast put all things in subjection under 
his feet ; 

7 All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field ; 

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8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; and 
whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 


9 O Lorp, our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in 
all the world! 


THE SECOND DAY. 


FMorning Praver. 
Psalm ix. Confitebor tibi. 
WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lorp, with my whole 
heart ; I will speak of all thy marvellous works. 

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; yea, my songs will 
I make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest. 

3 While mine enemies are driven back, they shall fall 
and perish at thy presence. 

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; 
thou art set in the throne that judgest right. 

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen and destroyed the un- 
godly ; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual 
end; even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, their 
memorial is perished with them. 

7 But the Lorn shall endure for ever ; he hath also pre- 
pared his seat for judgment. 

8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness, and 
minister true judgment unto the people. 

9 The Lorp also will be a defence for the oppressed, 
even a refuge in due time of trouble. 

10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in 
- thee; for thou, Lorn, hast never failed them that seek 
thee. 

11 O praise the Lorp which dwelleth in Sion ; show the 
people of his doings. | 

12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he re- 
membereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the 
poor. 

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lory; consider the trouble 

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which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me 
up from the gates of death; 

14 That I may show all thy praises within the ports of 
the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; 
in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken. 

16 The Lorn is known to execute judgment; the un- 
godly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 
people that forget God. 

18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; the pa- 
trent abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. 

19 Up, Lorp, and let not man have the upper hand ; let 
the heathen be judged in thy sight. 

20 Put them in fear, O Lorp, that the heathen may 
know themselves to be but men. 


Psalm x. Ut quid, Domine? 
\ \ THY standest thou so far off, O Lorp, and hidest thy 
fa 


ce in the needful time of trouble. 

2 The ungodly, for his own lust, doth persecute the 
poor: let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they 
have imagined. 

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart’s 
desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God 
abhorreth. 

4 The ungodly is so proud that he careth not for God, 
neither is God in all his thoughts. 

5 His waysare alway grievous; thy judgments are far 
above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his 
enemies. 

6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush! I shall never be 
cast down, there shall no harm happen unto me. 

7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud ; under 
his tongue is ungodliness and vanity. 

8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, 

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and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the inno- 
cent; his eyes are set against the poor. 

9 For he lieth waiting secretly ; even asa lion lurketh 
he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. 

10 He doth ravish the poor, when he getteth him into 
his net. 

11 He falleth down, and humbleth himself, that the con- 
gregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his cap- 
tains. 

12 He hath said in his heart, Tush! God hath forgotten; . 
he hideth away his face, and he will never see it. 

13 Arise, O Lorp God, a lift up thine hand; forget 
not the poor. 

14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God, while 
he doth say in his heart, Tush! thou God carest not for 
it ? 

15 Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungod- 
liness and wrong, 

16 That thou mayest take the matter into oe hand : 
the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art the 
helper of the friendless. 

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; 
take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none. 

18 The Lorp is King for ever and ever, and the heathen 
are perished out of the land. 

19 Lorp, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou 
preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto: 

20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right, that 
the man of the earth be no more exalted against them. 


Psalm xi. In Domino confido. 


& the Lorp put I mytrust ; how say ye then tomy soul, 
that she should flee as a bird unto the hill? 

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready 
their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot 
at them which are true of heart. 

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3 For the foundations will be cast down ; and what hath 
the righteous done ? 

4 The Lorp is in his holy temple ; the Lorp’s seat is in 
heaven. 

5 His eyes consider the poor, and his eyelids try the 
children of men. 

6 The Lorp alloweth the righteous; but the ungodly, 
and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor. 

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brim- 
stone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to 
drink. 

8 For the righteous Lorp loveth righteousness; his 
countenance will behold the thing that is just. 


Bbening Praver. 
Psalm xu. Salvum me fac. 
ELP me, Lorp, for there is not one godly man left ; 
for the faithful are minished from among the children 
of men. 
they talk of vanity every one with his neighbor ; they 
it flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double 







3 The Lorp shall root out all deceitful lips, and the 
tongue that speaketh proud things : 

4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail; 
we are they that ought to speak: who is lord over us? 

5 Now, for the comfortless troubles’ sake of the needy, 
and because of the deep sighing of the poor, 

6 I will up, saith the Lorp; and will help every one 
from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at 
rest. 

7 The words of the Lorp are pure words; even as the 
silver which from the earth is tried, and purified seven 
times in the fire. 

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lorp; thou shalt preserve 
him from this generation for ever. Sie 

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9 The ungodly walk on every side: when they are ex- 
alted, the children of men are put to rebuke. 


Psalm xii. Usque quo, Domine? 
OW long wilt thou forget me, O Lorn; for ever? how 
long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 

2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so 
vexed in my heart? how long shall mine enemies triumph — 
over me ? 

3 Consider, and hear me, 0 Lorp my God; lighten 
mine eyes, that I sleep not in death; 

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him : 
for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at 
it. 

5 But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful 
in thy salvation. 

6 I will sing of the Lorp, because he hath dealt so lov- 
ingly with me; yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord 
most Highest. 


Psalm xiv. Dixit insipiens. 


HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 

2 They are corrupt, and become abominable in their 
doings ; there is none that doeth good, no not one. 

3 The Lorp looked down from heaven upon the children 
of men, to see if there were any that would. understand, 
and seek after God: 

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are alto- 
gether become abominable; there is none that doeth good, 
no not one. 

. 5 Their throat is anopen sepulchre ; with their tongues 
have they deceived: the poison of asps is under their 
lips. 

6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness ; their 
feet are swift to shed blood. 

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the 

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way of peace have they not known; there is no fear of 
God before their eyes. 

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such work- 
ers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and 
call not upon the Lorn? 

9 There were they brought in great fear, even where 
no fear was; for God is in the generation of the righteous. 

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of 
the poor; because he putteth his trust in the Lorp. 

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? 
When the Lorn turmeth the captivity of his people, then 
shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 


THE THIRD DAY. 


FAorning Braver. 
Psalm xv. Domine, quis habitabit ? 
ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle ? or who shall 
rest upon thy holy hill? 
2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the 
thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 
3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done 
evil to his neighbor, and hath not slandered his neighbor. 
4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own - 
eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lorn. 
5 He that sweareth unto his neighbor, and disappointeth 
him not, though it were to his own hindrance. 
6 He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor 
taken reward against the innocent. 
7 Whoso doeth these things shall never fall. 


Psalm xvi. Conserva me, Domine. 


| ae ag me, O God ; for in thee have I put my trust. 
2 Omy al thou hast said unto the Lorp, Thou art 
my God; my Boods are nothing unto thee. 
3 All ey delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, 
and upen such as excel in virtue. 
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4 But they that run after another god shall have great 
trouble. 

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, neither 
make mention of their names within my lips. 

6 The Lorp himself is the portion of mine inheritance, 
and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot. 

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; yea, I have 
a goodly heritage. 

8 I will thank the Lorn for givmg me warning; my 
reins also chasten me in the night-season. 

9 I have set God always before me; for he is on my 
right hand, therefore I shall not fall. 

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory re- 
joiced: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

11 For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; nei- 
ther shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 

12 Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence 
is the fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there is pleas- 
ure for evermore. 


Psalm xvii. Exaudi, Domine. 


EAR the right, O Lorp, consider my complaint, and 
hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned 
lips. 

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; and 
let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal. 

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night- 
season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness 
in me; for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not 
offend. | 

4 Because of men’s works that are done against the 
words of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the 
destroyer. 

5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my foot- 
steps slip not. 

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6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear 
me: incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words. 

7 Show thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the 
Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, from such as 
resist thy right hand. 

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye; Hide me under the 
shadow of thy wings, 

9 From the ungodly, that trouble me; mine enemies 
compass me round about, to take away my soul. 

10 They are inclosed in their own fat, and their mouth 
speaketh proud things. 

11 They lie waiting in our way on every side, turning 
their eyes down to the ground: 

12 Like asa lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it 
were a lion’s whelp lurking in secret places. 

13 Up, Lorn, disappoint him, and cast him down ; de- 
liver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thie ; 

14 From the men of thy hand, O Lorn, from the men, I 
say, and from the evil world ; which have their portion in 
this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. 

15 They have children at their desire, and leave the 
rest of their substance for their babes. 

16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in right- 
eousness ; and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall 
be satisfied with it. 


Gbening Braver. 
Psalm xviii. Daligam te, Domine. 


WILL love thee, O Lorn, my strength. The Lorp is 

my stony rock, and my defence, my Saviour; my God, 
and my might, in whom I will trust; my buckler, the horn 
also of my salvation, and my refuge. 

2 1 will call upon the Lorn, which is worthy to be 
praised ; so shall I be safe from mine enemies. 

3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the over- 
flowings of ungodliness made me afraid. 

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4 The pams of hell came about me; the snares of death 
overtook me. 

5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lorn, and complain 
unto my God: 

6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple, and 
my complaint shall come before him; it shall enter even 
into his ears. 

7 The earth trembled and quaked, the very foundations 
also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was 
wroth. 

8 There went a smoke out in his presence, and a con- 
suming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled 
at it. 

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and it 
was dark under his feet. 

10 He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly ; ; he came 
flying upon the wings of the wind. 

11 He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round 
about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him. 

12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed ; 
hailstones and coals of fire. 

13 The Lorp also thundered out of heaven, and the 
Highest gave his thunder; hailstones and coals of fire. 

14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he cast 
forth lightnings, and destroyed them. 

15 The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations 
of the round world were discovered at thy chiding, O 
Lorp, at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure. 

16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and 
shall take me out of many waters. 

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and 
from them which hate me ; for they are too mighty for me. 

18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble; but 
the Lorp was my upholder. 

19 He brought me forth also into a place of besty: ; he 
provers me forth, even because he had a-favor unto me. 

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20 The Lorp shall reward me after my righteous deal- 
ing, according to the cleanness of my hands shall he re- 
compense me. 

21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lorp, and have 
not forsaken. my God, as the wicked doth. 

22 For I have an eye untoall his laws, and will not cast 
out his commandments from me. 

23 I wasalsouncorrupt before him, and eschewed mine 
own wickedness. 

24 Therefore shall the Lorp reward me after my right- 
eous dealing, and according unto the cleanness of my 
hands in his eyesight. 

25 With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect 
man thou shalt be perfect. 

26 With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the fro- 
ward thou shalt learn frowardness. 

27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, 
and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. 

28 Thou also shalt light my candle, the Lorp my God 
shall make my darkness to be light. 

29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men, and with 
the help of my God J shall leap over the wall. 

30 The way of God is an undefiled way; the word of 
the Lorp also is tried in the fire: he is the defender of all 
them that put their trust in him. 

31 For who is God, but the Lorp? or who hath any 
strength, except our God q 

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war, and 
maketh my way perfect. 

33 He maketh my feet like hart’s feet, and setteth me 
up on high. 

34 He teacheth mine hands to fight, and mine arms shall 
break even a bow of steel. 

35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation; 
thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving cor- 
_ rection shall make me great. 

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36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go, 
that my footsteps shall not slide. 

37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them ; 
neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them. . 

38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand, 
but fall under my feet. 

39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle ; 
thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me. 

40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their 
backs upon me, and I shall destroy them that hate me. 

41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them ; 
yea, even unto the Lorp shall they cry, but he shall not 
hear them. 

42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the 
wind: I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. 

43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivmgs of the peo- 
ple, and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. 

44 A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 

45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; but 
the strange children shall dissemble with me. 

46 The strange children shall fail, and be afraid out of 
their prisons. 

47 The Lorp liveth; and blessed be my strong helper, 
and praised be the God of my salvation : 

48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged, and sub- 
dueth the people unto me. 

49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, 
and setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt rid ~ 
me from the wicked man. ‘ 

50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lorn, 
among the Gentiles, and sing praises unto thy Name. 

51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King, and show- 
eth loving-kindness unto David, his Anointed, and unto his 
seed for evermore. 


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THE FOURTH DAY. 


HAorning Braver. 
Psalm xix. Celi enarrant. 


HE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firma- 
ment showeth his handy-work. 

2 One day telleth another; and one night certifieth 
another. 

3 There is neither speech nor language; but their voices 
are heard among them. 

' 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands; and their words 
into the ends of the world. 

5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; which 
cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and re- 
joiceth as a giant to run his course. 

6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, 
and runneth about unto the end of it again; and there is 
nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

7 The law of the Lorn is an undefiled law, converting 
the soul; the testimony of the Lorn is sure, and giveth 
wisdom unto the simple. 

8 The statutes of the Lorp are right, and rejoice the 
heart ; the commandment of the Lorp is pure, and giveth 
light unto the eyes. 

9 The fear of the Lorp is clean, and endureth for ever ; 
the judgments of the Lorp are true, and righteous alto- 
gether. 

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 
much fine gold ; sweeter also than honey, and the honey- 
comb. 

11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; and in 
keeping of them there is great reward. 

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou 
me from my secret faults. 

13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest 

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they get the dominion over me; so shall I be undefiled, 
and innocent from the great offence. 

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of 
my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, 

15 O Lorn, my strength and my redeemer. 


Psalm xx. Ezaudiat te Dominus. 


HE Loken hear thee in the day of trouble; the Name of 
the God of Jacob defend thee: 

2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen 
thee out of Sion: 

3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt- 
sacrifice : 

4 Grant thee thy Heart’s desire, and fulfil all thy mind. 

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the 
Name of the Lord our God: the Lorp perform all thy pe- 
titions. 

6 Now know I that the Lorp helpeth his: Anointed, and 
will hear him from his holy heaven, even with the whole- 
some strength of his right hand. 

7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses ; 
but we will remember the Name of the Lorp our God. 

~ 8 They are brought down and fallen; but we are risen 
and stand upright. ‘ 

9 Save, Lorn; and hear us, O King of heaven, when we 
call upon thee. 


Psalm xxi. Domine, in virtute tua. 


pe King shall rejoice in thy strength,O Lorp; exceed- 
ing glad shall he be of thy salvation. 

2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not 
denied him the request of his lips. 

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the btesiaiea of good- 
ness, and shalt set a crown of ure gold upon his head. 

4 He asked life of thee; and thou gavest him a long 
life, even for ever and ever. 

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5 His honor is great in thy salvation ; Serr and. great 
worship shalt thou lay upon him. 

6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, and make 
him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 

Z acd why? because the King putteth his trust in the 
Lorp ; and in the mercy of the Most Highest he shall not 
miseanry. 

8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand; thy fight hand 
shall find out them that hate thee. 

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy 
wrath: the Lorp shall destroy them in his displeasure, and 
the fire shall consume them. 

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, and their 
seed from among the children of men. " 

11 For they intended mischief against thee, and ima- 
gined such a device as they are not able to Weriorr: 

12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, and the 
strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the | face 
of them. if a 

13 Be thou exalted, Lorp, in thine own ; nna 50 
will we sing, and praise thy power. 


Brening Prayer. 
Psalm xxii. Deus, Deus meus! 


Y God! my God! look upon me; why hast thou for- 
saken me? and art so far from my health, and from 
the words of my complaint ? 
2 Omy God,I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest: 
not; and in the night-season also I take no rest. 
3 And thou continuest holy, O thou Worship of Israel. 
4 Our fathers hoped in thee; they trusted in thee, and 
thou didst deliver them. 
5 They called upon thee, and were holpen; they put 
their trust in thee, and were not confounded. 
6 But as forme, I am a worm, and no man; a very 
scorn of men, and the outcast of the people. 
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7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot 
out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, 

8 He trusted in Gop, that he would deliver him; let him 
deliver him, if he will have him. 

9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother’s 
womb ; thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my 
mother’s breasts. 

10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; 
thou art my God even from my mother’s womb. 

11 O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, and 
there is none to help me. 

12 Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Basan 
close me in on every side. 


© #13 They gape upon me with their mouths, as it were a 


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ramping and a roaring lion. 

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out 
of joint; my heart also in the midst of my body is even 
like melting wax. 

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my 
tongue cleaveth to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into 
the dust of death. 

16 For many dogs are come about me, and the counsel 
of the wicked layeth siege against me. 

17 They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell all 
my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me. 

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots 
upon my vesture. — 

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lorp; thou art my 
succour, haste thee to help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the 
power of the dog. 

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth; thou hast heard me 
also from among the horns of the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy Name} unto my brethren; in the 
midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 

23 O praise the Lorp, ye that fear him: magnify him, 

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all ye of the seed of Jacob; and fear him, all ye seed of 
Israel. 

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate 
of the poor; he hath not hid his face from him; but when 
he called unto him he heard him. 

25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation ; my 
vows will I perform in the sigdat of them that fear him. 

26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied ; they that seek 
after the Lorp, shall praise him: your heart shall live for 
ever. 

27 Allthe ends of the world shall remember themselves, 
and be turned unto the Lorn; and all the kindreds of the 
nations shall worship before Hike 

28 For the kingdom is the Lorp’s, and hei 1s the Gover- 
nor among the Depple: 

29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten, and wor- 
shipped. 

30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel a 
fore him ; and no man hath quickened his own soul. 

31 My seed shall serve him: they shall be Sihitelt unto 
the Lord for a generation. 

32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his 


righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the 
Lord hath made. 


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Psalm xxui. Dominus regit me. 


sae Lorp is my shepherd ; therefore can I lack noth- 
ing. 

2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth 
beside the waters of comfort. 

3 He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the 
paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake. 

4 Yea, though | walk through the valley of the shadow 
of death, f wilt fear no evil; Ge thou art with me; thy 
rod and thy staff comfort fae 

5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them 

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that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and 
my cup shall be full. 

6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me 
all the days of my life ; and I’ will dwell in the house of 
the Lorp for ever. 


THE FIFTH DAY. 


PAorning Praver. 
Psalm xxiv. Domini est terra. 


HE earth is the Lorp’s, and all that therein is; the 
compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. 
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it 
upon the floods. 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lorp? or who 
shall rise up in his holy place ? 

4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; and 
that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to de- 
ceive his neighbor. 

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lorp, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them that seek him; evenof 
them that seek thy face, O Jacob. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 

8 Who is the King of glory? It is the Lorp strong and 
mighty, even the Lorp mighty in battle. 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 

10 Who is the King of glory? Even the Lorp of hosts, 
he is the King of glory. 


Psalm xxv. Ad te, Domine, levavi. 


NTO thee, O Lorp, will I lift up my soul; my God, I 
have put my trust in thee : O let me not be confounded, 
neither let mine enemies triumph over me. % 
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2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed ; 
but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to con- 
fusion. | 

3 Show me thy ways, O Lorp, and teach me thy paths. 

4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me: for thou 
art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope 
all the day long. 

5 Call to remembrance, O Lorp, thy tender mercies, 
and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old. 

6 O remember not the sins and offences of my youth; 
but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lorp, 
for thy gtiaeaned 
’ 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lorp ; therefore will he 
teach sinners in the way. 

8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment; and 
such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way. 

9 All the paths of the Lorp are mercy and truth, unto 
nh as keep his covenant, and his testimonies. 

10 For thy Name’s sales O Lorn, be merciful unto my 
sin ; for it is great. 

11 What man is he that feareth the Lorn? him shall 
he teach in the way that he shall choose. 

12 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit 
the land. 

13 The secret of the ont is among them that fear him ; 
and he will show them his covenant. 

14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lorp; for he 
shall pluck my feet out of the net. 

15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I 
am desolate, and in misery. 

16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou 
me out of my troubles. 

17 Look upon my adversity and misery, and forgive me 
all my sin. 

18 Consider mine enemies, how many they are; and 
they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 

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19 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be con- 
founded, for I have put my trust in thee. 

20 Toes perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me 5 
for my hope hath been in thee. 

21 Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 

Psalm xxvi. Judica me, Domine. 
E thou my Judge, O Lorn, for I have walked innocent- 
ly: my trust hath been also in the Lorp, therefore 

shall I not fall. 

2 Examine me, O Lorp, and prove me; try out my reins 
and my heart. 

3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes; and 
I will walk in thy truth. 

4 [have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I 
have fellowship with the deceitful. 

5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked ; and will 
not sit among the ungodly. 

6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lory; and so: 
will [ go to thine altar ; 

7 That I may show the voice of thanksgiving, and tell 
of all thy wondrous works. 

8 Lorp, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and 
the place where thine honor dwelleth. 

9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners, nor my life 
with the blood-thirsty ; 

10 In whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand 
is full of gifts. 

11 But as for me, I will walk innocently: O dehver me, 
and be merciful unto me. 

12 My foot standeth right: I will praise the Lorp in the’ 
congregations. 

Borening Prayer. 
Psalm xxvii. Dominus illuminatio. 
eae Lorp is my light and my salvation; whom then 
shall [ fear? the Lorp is the strength of my life; of 
whom then shall I be afraid ? 
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2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, 
came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 

3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall 
not my heart be afraid; and though there rose. up war 
against me, yet will I put my trust in him. 

4 One thing have I desired of the Lorn, which I will 
require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lorp 
all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the 
Lorp, and to visit his temple. 

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his ta- 
bernacle ; yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he 
hide me, and set me upon a rock of stone. 

6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine ene- 
mies round about me. 

7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation, with 
great gladness: I will sing and speak praises unto the Lorp. 

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lorn, when I cry unto 
thee; have mercy upon me, and hear me. 

9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: Thy 
face, Lorp, will I seek. 

10 O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy ser- 
vant away in displeasure. 

11 Thou hast been my succour; leave me not, neither 
forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

12 When my father and my mother forsake me, the 
Lorp taketh me up. 

13 Teach me thy way, O Lorp, and lead me in the right 
way, because of mine enemies. 

14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversa- 
ries: for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and 
such as speak wrong. 

15 I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily 
to see the goodness of the Lorp in the land of the living. 

16 O tarry thou the Lorn’s leisure; be strong, and he 
shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the 
Lorp. 

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Psalm xxviii. Ad te, Domine. 


NTO thee will I cry, O Lorp, my strength: think no 
scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though thou hear- 
est not, I become like them that go down into the pit. 

2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I ery 
unto thee; when I hold up my hands towards the mercy- 
seat of thy holy temple. 

3 O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the 
ungodly and wicked doers, which speak friendly to their 
neighbors, but imagine mischief in their hearts. 

4 Reward them according to their deeds, and according 
to the wickedness of their own inventions. 

5 Recompense them after the work of their hands; pay 
them that they have deserved. 

6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the 
Lorp, nor the operation of his hands; therefore shall he 
break them down, and not build them up. ' 

7 Praised be the Lorn; for he hath heard the voice of 
my humble petitions. 

8 The Lorp is my strength, and my shield; my heart 
hath trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart 
danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him. 

9 The Lorp is my strength, and he is the holes 
defence of his Anointed. 

10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine 
inheritance: feed them, and set them up for ever. 


Psalm xxix. Afferte Domino. 


RING unto the Lorp, O ye mighty, bring young rams 
unto the Lorn; ascribe unto the Lorp worship and 
strength. 
2 Give the Lorp the honor due unto his Name ; worship 
the Lorp with holy worship. 
3 It isthe Lorp that commandeth the waters; it is the 
glorious God that maketh the thunder. 
4 Itisthe Lorp that ruleth the sea; the voice of the 
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Lorp is mighty in operation; the voice of the Lorp isa 
glorious voice. 

5 The voice of the Lorp breaketh cedar trees ; yea, the 
Lorp breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 

G8 He maketh them also to skip hke a calf; Libanus 
also, and Siron, like a young unicorn. 

7 The voice of the Lorn divideth the flames of fire ; the 
voiceof the Lorp shaketh the wilderness; yea, the Lorp 
shaketh the wilderness of Cades. 

8 The voice of the Lorp maketh the hinds to bring forth 
young, and discovereth the thick bushes: in his temple 
doth every man speak of his honor. 

9 The Lorp sitteth above the water-flood, and the Lorp 
remaineth a King for ever. 

10 The Lorp shall give strength unto his people; the 
Lorp shall give his people the blessing of peace. 


THE SIXTH DAY. - 
PHorning Prayer. 
Psalm xxx. Ezaltabo te, Domine. 

WILL magnify thee, O Lorn; for thou hast set me up, 

and not made my foes to triumph over me. 

2 O Lorn, my God, I cried unto thee; and thou hast 
healed me. 

3 Thou, Lorp, hast brought my soul out of hell: thou 
hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit. 

4 Sing praises unto the Lorp, O ye saints of his; and 
give thanks unto him, for a remembrance of his holiness. 

5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, 
and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may endure for a 
night, but joy cometh in the morning. 

6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed: 
thou, Lorp, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong. 

7 Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I was troubled. 

8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lorp; and gat me to my 
Lorp right humbly. 

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9 What profit is there in my blood, whee I go down to 
the pit ? 

10 Shall the ) dust give thanks unto thee? ? or shall it de- 
clare thy truth? 

11 Hear, O Lorp, and have mercy Upghe 5 Lorp, be 
thou my helper. 

12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy ; thou hast 
put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness: 

13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise 
without ceasing. O my God, I will give thanks unto thee 
for ever. 

Psalm xxxi. In te, Domine, speravi. 

N thee, O Lorn, have I put my trust; let me never be 

put to confusion ; deliver me in thy righteousness. 

2 Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver 
me. 

3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, 
that thou mayest save me. 

4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: be thou 
also my guide, and lead me for thy Name’s sake. 

5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for 
me; for thou art my strength. 

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit; for thou hast 
redeemed me, O Lorp, thou God of truth. 

7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities, 
and my trust hath been in the Lorp. 

8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy ; for thou hast 
considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adver- 
sities. | 

9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the ene- 
my; but hast set my feet in a large room. 

10 Have mercy upon me, O Lorp, for I am in trouble, 
and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my 
soul and my body. . 

11 For my life is waxen old with heaviness, and my 
years with mourning. 

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12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, 
and my bones are consumed. 

13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies, but es- 
pecially among my neighbors ; and they of mine acquaint- 
ance were afraid of me; and they that did see me with- 
out, conveyed themselves from me. 

14 Iam clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I 
am become like 2 broken vessel. 

15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, 
and fear is on every side; while they conspire together 
against me, and take their counsel to take away my life. 

16 But my hope hath been in thee, 0 Lorn; I have said, 
Thou art my God. 

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand 
of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 

18 Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, and 
save me for thy mercy’s sake. 

19 Let me not be confounded, O Lorp, for I have called 
upon thee ; let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put 
to silence a the grave. 

20 Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, 
disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous. 

21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid 
up for them that fear thee, and that thou hast prepared 
for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons 
of men! 

_ 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by their own presence 
from the provoking of all men: thou shalt keep them se- 
cretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues. 

23 Thanks be to the Lorn; for he hath showed me 
marvellous great kindness in a thane city. 

24 And when I made haste, I said, I am cast out of the 
sight of thine eyes. 

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, 
when I cried unto thee. 

26 O love the Lorp, all ye his saints; for the Lorn pre- 

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serveth them that are faithful, and pets rewardeth 
the proud doer. 

27 Be strong, and he shall establish your aon all ye 
that put your trust in the Lorp. 


pes 
Psalm xxxii. Beati, quorum. 


Bhening Prayer. 


LESSED is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and 
whose sin is covered. 

2 Blessed is the nan unto whom the Lorp imputeth no 
sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. _ 

3 For whilst I held my tongue, my bones consumed 
away through my daily complaining. 

4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my 
moisture is like the drought in summar. 

5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee; and mine un- 
righteousness have I not hid. 

6 I said, I will zonfess my sins unto the Lorp; and so 
thou orearoe the wickedness of my sin. 

7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer 
unto thee, ina time when thou mayest be found ; but in 
the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him. 

§ Thou art a place to hide me in; thou shalt preserve 
me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs 
of deliverance. 

9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein 
thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye. 

10 Be yenot like to horse and mule, which have no un- 
derstanding ; whose mouths must be held with bit and 
bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 

11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso 
putteth his trust in the Lorp, meray embraceth him on 
every side. 

12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lorn; 
and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. 

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Psalm xxxiii. Exultate, justt. 
Ras the Lorp, O ye righteous ; for it becometh 

) well the just to be thankful. 

2 Praise the Lorn with harp; sing praises unto him with 
the lute, and instrument of ten strings. 

3 Sing unto the Lord a new song; sing praises lustily 
unto him with a good courage. 

4 For the word of the Lorn is true; and all his works 
are faithful. 

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is 
full of the goodness of the Lorp. 

6 By the word of the Lorp were the heavens made ; 
and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were 
upon an heap; and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure- 
house. © 

8 Let all the earth fear the Lorp: stand in awe of him, 
all ye that dwell in the world. 

9 For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and 
it stood fast. 

10 The Lorn bringeth the counsel of the heathen to 
nought, and maketh the devices of the people to be of none 
effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes. 

11 The counsel of the Lorp shall endure for ever, and 
the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 

12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jx- 
HOVaAH; and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to 
him, to be his inheritance. 

13 The Lorp looked down from heaven, and beheld all 
the children of men; from the habitation of his dwelling, 
he considereth all them that dwell on the earth. 

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them, and understand- 
_ eth all their works. 

15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude. 
of an host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much — 
strength. 

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16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; 
neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength. 

17 Behold the eye of the Lorp is upon them that fear 
him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy ; 

18 To deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in 
the time of dearth. 

19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lorn; for he 
is our help and our shield. 

20 For our hearts shall rejoice in him ; because we have 
hoped in his holy Name. 7 

21 Let thy merciful kindness, O Lorp, be upon us, like 
as we do put our trust in thee. 


Psalm xxxiv. Benedicam Domino. : 

di WILL alway give thanks unto the Lorp; his praise 

shall ever be in my mouth. ® a 

2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lorp; the hum- 
ble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

3 O praise the Loeb with me, and let us magnify his 
Name together. 

4] sought the Lorn, and he heard me; yea, he deliver- 
ed me out of all my fear. 

5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened; and 
their faces were not ashamed. 

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lorn heareth him; yea, 
and saveth him out of all his troubles. 

7 The angel of the Lorp tarrieth round about them that 
fear him, and delivereth them. 

8 O taste, and see, how gracious the Lorp is: blessed is 
the man that trusteth in him. 

9 O fear the Lorp, ye that are his saints; for they that 
fear him lack nothing. 

10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger ;. but they who 


_ seek the Lorn shall want no manner of thing that is good. 


11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will 
teach you the fear of the Lorn. 
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12 What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain 
see good days? 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they 
speak no guile. 
14 Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue 
it. 

15 The eyes of the Lorp are over the righteous, and 
his ears are open unto their prayers. 

16 The countenance of the Lorp is against them that 
do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the 


earth. 


17 The righteous cry, and the Lorp heareth them, and 
delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

18 The Lorp is nigh unto them that are of a contrite 
heart, and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 

19 Great are the troubles of the nghteous; but the Lorp 
delivereth him out of all. 

20 He keepeth all his bones, so that not one of them is 
broken. | 

21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly ; and they that 
hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

22 The Lorn delivereth the souls of his servants; and 
all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. 


THE SEVENTH DAY. 


PFAorning Praper. 
Psalm xxxv. Judica me, Domine. 


LEAD thou my cause, O Lorp, with them that strive 
with me, and fightthou against them that fight against 
me. 3 
2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler, and stand up 
to help me. « 

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them 
that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 

4 Let them be confounded, and put to shame, thatseek — 
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after my soul; let them be turned back, and brought to 
confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 

5 Let them be as dust before the wind, and the angel 
of the Lorp scattering them. 

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel 
of the Lorn persecute them. 

7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me 
without a cause; yea, even without a cause have they 
made a pit for my soul. 

8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, 
and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself; that he 
may fall into his own mischief. 

9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lorn; it shall rejoice 
in his salvation. 

10 All my bones shall say, Lorn, who is like unto thee, 
who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for 
him ; yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him 
that spoileth him ? 

11 False witnesses did rise up: they laid to my charge 
things that I knew not. 

12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the great dis- 
comfort of my soul. 

13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put, on sack- 
cloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer 
shall turn into mine own bosom. 

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend 
or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for 
his mother. 

15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered 
themselves together ; yea, the very abjects came together 
against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not. 

16 With the flatterers were busy mockers, who gnashed 
upon me with their teeth. 

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this? O deliver 
_ my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and 
my darling from the lions. 

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18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation ; 
I will praise thee among much people. 

19 O let not them that are mine. enemies triumph over 
me ungodly; neither let them wink with their eyes, that 
hate:me without a cause. 

20 And why? their communing is not for peace; but 
they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet 
in the land. 

21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said, 
Fie on thee! fie on thee! we saw it with our eyes. 

22 This thou hast seen, O Lorn; hold not thy tongue 
then ; go not far from me, O Lord. 

23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel; avenge 
thou my cause, my God and my Lord. 

24 Judge me, O Lory my God, according to thy righte- 
ousness; and let them not ARN over me. 

25 Let them not say in their hearts, There! there! so 
would we have it; neither let them say, We have devour- 
ed him. 

26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together, 
that rejoice at my trouble; let them be clothed with re- 
buke and dishonor, that boast themselves against me. 

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favor my righteous 
dealing; yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the Lorp, 
who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 

28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy ~ 
righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day long. 


Psalm xxxvi. Dixit injustus. 


We heart showeth me the wickedness of the ungodly, 
that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 

2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his 
abominable sin be found out. 
’ 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of 
deceit: he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to 


do good. 


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4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set 
himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing 
that is evil. 

5 Thy mercy, O Lorn, reacheth unto the heavens, and 
thy faithfulness unto the clouds. 

6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains: 
thy judgments are like the great deep. 

7 Thou, Lorp, shalt save both man and beast: how ex- 
cellent is thy mercy,O God! and the children of men shall 
put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 

8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy 
house ; and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, 
as out of the river. 

9 For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall 
we see light. 

10 O continue forth thy loving-kindness unto them that 
know thee, and thy righteousness unto them that are true 
of heart. 

11 O let not the foot of pride come against me; and let 
not the hand of the ungodly cast me down. 

12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness 5 
they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. 


Bovening Prayer. 


— Psalm xxxvii. Noli emulari. 


RET not thyself because of the ungodly ; neither be’ 
thou envious against the evil doers. 
2 For they shall soon be cut down hike the grass, and be 
ones: even as the green herb. 
3 Put thou thy trust in the Lorp, and be doing good; 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 
4 Delight thou $s the Lorp, and he shall give thee thy 
heart’s desire. 
5 Commit thy way unto the Lorp, and put thy trust in 
him, and he shall bring it to pass. 
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6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, 
and.thy just dealing as the noon-day. 

7 Hold thee still in the Lorp, and abide patiently upon 
him: but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth pros- 
per, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. 

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not 
thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. 

9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out; and they that pa- 
tiently abide the Lorp, those shall inherit the land. 

.10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean 
gone; thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be 
away. 

11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth, and 
shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, and 
gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 

13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen 
that his day is coming. 

14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have 
bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to 
slay such as are of a right conversation. 

15 Their sword shall go through their own heart, and ‘ 
their bow shall be broken. 

16 A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than 
great riches of the ungodly. 

17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the © 
- Lorp upholdeth the righteous. 

18 The Lorp knoweth the days of the godly; ; and their 
inheritance shall endure for ever. 

19 They shall not be confounded in the Perilous time ; 
and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. 

20 As for the tngodly, they shall perish, and the ene- 
mies of the Lorn shall consume as the fat of lambs: yea, 
even as the smoke shall they consume away. 

_ 21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; but 
the righteous is merciful and liberal. | 

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22 Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land ; 
and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out. 

23 The Lorp ordereth a good man’s going, and maketh 
his way acceptable to himself. 

24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; for the 
Lorp upholdeth him with his hand. 

25 I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I 
never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their 
bread. 

26 The righteous is ever merciful and lendeth; and his 
seed is blessed. 

27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good; and 
dwell for evermore. 

28 For the Lorp loveth the thing that is right; he for- 
saketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 

29 The unrighteous shall be punished ; as for the seed 
of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 

30 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein 
for ever. 

31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, 
and his tongue will be talking of judgment. 

32 The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings 
shall not slide. 

33 The ungodly seeth the righteous, and seeketh occa- 


_ to slay him. 


na, 


34 The Lorp will not leave him in his hand, nor con- 
demn him when he is judged. 

35 Hope thou in the Lorp, and keep his way, and he 
shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: when 
the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 

36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and 
flourishing like a green bay-tree. 

37 I went by, and lo, he was gone: I sought him, but 
his place could no where be found. 

38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that 
is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 

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39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish together ; 
and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at 
the last. 

40 But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the 
Lorp; who is also their strength in the time of trouble. 

41 And the Lorp shall stand by them, and save them: 
he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save 
them, because they put their trust in him. 


THE EIGHTH DAY. 


FAorning Praver. 
Psalm xxxviii. Domine, ne in furore. 


5 oe me not to rebuke, O Lorn, in thine anger; neither 
chasten me in thy heavy displeasure: 

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand press- 
eth me sore. 

3 There isno health m my flesh, because of thy dis- 
pleasure ; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason 
of my sin. 

4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are 
like a sore burden, too heavy for me too bear. 

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my fool- 
ishness. 

6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that L, 
go mourning all the day long. 

7 For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and hints 
is no whole part in my body. 

8 Iam feeble and sore smitten; I have apna for the 
very disquietness of my heart. 

9 Lord, thou knowest all my desire ; and my groaning — 
is not fa from thee. 

10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and 
the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 

11 My lovers and my neighhors did stand looking upon 
my trouble, and my kinsmen stood afar off. 

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12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for 
me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of 
wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 

13 As for me, 1 was like a deaf man, and heard not; 
and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. 

14 I became even asa man that heareth not, and in 
whose mouth are no reproofs. 

15 For in thee, O Lorp, have I put my trust ; thou shalt 
answer for me, O Lord, my God. 

16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, should 
not triumph over me; for when my foot slipt, they rejoiced 
greatly against me. 

17 And I truly am set in the plague, and my heaviness 
is ever in my sight. 

18 For I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for 
my sin. 

19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty; and they 
that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 

20 They also that reward evil for good are against me ; 
because I follow the thing that good is. 

21 Forsake me not, O Lorp, my God; be not thou far 
from me. 

22 Haste thee to help me, O Lord God of my salvation. 


Psalm xxxix. Dizi, custodiam. 


SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in 
my tongue. 
2 I will keep my mouth as it were witha prada while 
the ungodly is in my sight. 
3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing: I kept silence, 
yea, even from good words ; but it was pain and grief tome. 
4 My heart was hot within me: and while I was thus 
musing the fire kindled, and at the last I spake with my 


tongue ; 


5 Lorp, let me know my end, and the number of my 
days; that I may be certified how long I have to live. 
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6 Behold, thou hast made my days as ib were a span 
long, ard mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; 
and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 

7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth 
himself in vain; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who 
shall eather them. | 

8 And now, Lord, oe ismy hope? Truly my hope is 
even in thee. ¢ 

9 Deliver me from all mine offences; and make me not 
a rebuke unto the foolish. 

10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it 
was thy doing. 

11 Take thy plague away from me: I am even con- 
sumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 

12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, 
thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were 
a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but 
vanity. 

13 Hear my prayer, O Lorp, and with thine ears con- 
sider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears: 

14 Forl ama stranger with thee, and a sojoumner, as 
all my fathers were. 

15 O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, 
before I go hence, and be no more seen. 


Psalm xl. Evxpectans, expectavt. 


WAITED patiently for the Lorp, and he inclined unto — 


me, and heard my calling. 
2 He brought me also out of the hortible pit, out of the 
mire and clay, and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered 
my goings. 


3 And he hath put anew song in my mouth, even & . 


thanksgiving unto our God. 
4 Many shall see it, and fear, and shall put their trust. 
in the Lorp. « 
5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lorp, 
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and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about. 

with lies. 

6 O Lorp my God, great are the wondrous works which 
thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to 
us-ward ; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto 

* thee. 

7 IfI should declare them, and speak of them, they 
should be more than I am able to express. 

8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not, but 
mine ears hast thou opened. 

9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not re- 
quired: then said I, Lo, I come ; 

10 In the otra of ‘the book it is written of me, that I 
should fulfil thy will, O my God: Iam content to do it; 
yea, thy Jaw is within my heart. 

11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great con- 
gregation: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lorn, and thee 
thou ees: 

12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; 
my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 

13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth 
from the great congregation. 

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from thee, O Lorn; 
let thy loving-kindness and truth alway preserve me. 

15 For innumerable troubles are come about me; my 
sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not ahi to 
_ look up; yea, they are more in number than the hairs of 

my head, and my heart hath failed me. 

16 O Pckis let it be thy pleasure to deliver me; make 
haste, O Lorp, to help me. 

17 Let them be ashamed, and confounded together, that 

_ seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven back- 
_ ward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. 
~ 18 Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, 

that say unto me, Fie upon thee! fie upon thee! 
19 Let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in 
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thee; and let such as love thy salvation, say alway, The 
Loni be praised ! ! 

20 As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord careth 
for me. 

21 Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long 
tarrying, O my God. 


Ghening Braver. 


Psalm xli. Beatus qua intelligit. 


LESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy; 
the Lorp shall deliver him in the time of trouble. 

2 The Lorp preserve him, and keep him alive, that he 
may be blessed upon earth; and deliver not thou him into 
the will of his enemies. 

3 The Lorp comfort him when he lieth sick upon his 
bed ; make thou all his bed in his sickness. 

4 I said, Lorp, be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for 
I have sinned against thee. 

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, 
and his name perish ? 

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and 
his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when 
he cometh forth, he telleth it. 

7 All mine enemies whisper together against me ; even 
against me do they imagine this evil. 

8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him; 
and now that he lieth, let him rise up no more. 

9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend whom I trusted, — 
who did also eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for 
me. 

10 But be thou merciful unto me, O Lorn; raise thou > 
me up again, and I shall reward Sarseh 4 

11 By this I know thou favorest me, that mine enemy i. 
doth not triumph against me. 

12 And when ae in my health, thou upholdest me, 


and shalt set me before thy face forcvor, 
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13 Blessed be the Lorp “God of Israel, world without 
end. Amen. 


Psalm xlii. Quemadmodum. 


IKE as the hart desireth the water-brooks, so longeth 
my soul after thee, O God. 

2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living 
God: when shall I come to °pReAE before the presence of 
God @ 

3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while 
they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God ? 

4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by 
myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them 
forth ae the house of God ; 

5 In the voice of praise dnd thanksgiving, among such 
as keep holy-day. 

6 Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my Boul} and 
why art thou so disquieted within me ? 

7 Put thy trust in God; for I will yet give him thanks 
for the help of his RR cag 

8 My God, my soul is vexed within me; therefore will 
I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the 
little hill of Hermon. 

9 One deep calleth another, because of the noise of the 


‘water-pipes ; all thy waves and storms are gone over me. 


10 The Lorp hath granted his loving-kindness in the 
day-time ; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and 
made my prayer unto the God of my life. 

11 I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast 
thou forgotten me? why go I thus heavily, while the ene- 
my oppresseth me 2 

12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while 
mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth ; 

13 Namely, while they say daily unto me, Where is 
now thy God? 

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14 Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and why art 
thou so disquieted within me ? 

15 O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, 
which is the help of my countenance, and my God. 


Psalm xliti. Judica me, Deus. 


IVE sentence with me, OGod, and defend my cause 
against the ungodly people; O deliver me from the 
deceitful and wicked man. 

2 For thou art the God of my strength, why hast thou 
put me from thee? and why go I so heavily, while the 
enemy oppresseth me ? 

3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead 
me, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 

4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto 
the God of my joy and gladness; and upon the harp will 
I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God. 

5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? and why art thou 
so disquieted within me ? 

6 O put thy trust in God; forI will yet give him thanks, 
which is the help of my countenance, and my God. 


THE NINTH DAY. 


FHorning Braver. 
Psalm xliv. Deus, awribus. 


E have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have 
_ told us what thou hast done in their time of old ; 

2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, 
and planted them in; how thou hast destroyed the nations, 
and cast them out. 

3 For they gat not the land in possession through their 
own sword, neither was it their own arm that helped 
them: ; 

4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of 
thy countenance; because thou hadst a favor unto them. 
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5 Thou art my King, O God ; send help unto Jacob. 

6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies, and in 
thy Name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 

7 For I will not trust in my bow, it is not my sword that 
shall help me ; 

8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies, and 
puttest them to confusion that hate us. 

9 We make our boast of God all day long, and will praise 
thy Name for ever. 

10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion ; 
and goest not forth with our armies. 

11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies, 
so that they which hate us spoil our goods. 

12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep, and hast 
scattered us among the heathen. 

13 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and takest no 
money for them. 

14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbors, to 
be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are 
round about us. 

15 Thou makest us to be aby-word among the heathen, 
and that the people shake their heads at us. 

16 My confusion is daily before me, and the shame of 
my face hath covered me ; 

17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer, for 
the enemy and avenger. 

18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not 
forget thee, nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy cove- 
nant. 

19 Our heart is not turned back, neither our steps gone 
out of thy way ; 

20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of 
dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.» 

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and hol- 
den up our hands to any strange god, shall not God search 
it out ? for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart. 

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22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long, and 
are counted as sheep appointed to be slain. 

23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou? awake, and be not 
absent from us os ever. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our 
misery and trouble ? 

25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust; our 
belly cleaveth unto the ground. 

26 Arise, and help us, and deliver us, for thy mercy’s 
sake. 


/ Psalm xlv. Eructavit cor meum. 


Y heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak of the 
things which I have made unto the King. 

2 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 

3 Thou art fairer than the children of men; full of grace 
are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. 

4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou Most 
Mighty, according to thy worship and renown. 

5 Good luck have thou with thine honor; ride on, be- 
cause of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteous- 
ness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be 
subdued unto te even in the midst among the King’s 
enemies. 

7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever; the sceptre of 
thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity 
wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the 
oil of aires above thy iliac 

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia ; 
out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee 
glad. 

10 King’s daughters were among thy honorable women ; 
upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of 
gold, wrought about with divers colors. 

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11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider; imcline thine 
ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house. 

12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty; for 
he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him. 

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift ; 
like as the rich also among the people shall make their 
supplication before thee. 

14 The King’s daughter is all glorious within; her 
clothing is of wrought gold. 

15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of 
needle-work: the virgins that be her fellows shall bear 


» her company, and shall be brought unto thee. 


16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and 
shall enter into the King’s palace. 

17 Instead of thy fathers, thou shalt have children, whom 
thou mayest make princes in all Jands. 

18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to 


another ; therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, 
world without end. 


Psalm xlvi Deus noster refugium. 


(7 is our hope and strength, a very present help in 
trouble. 

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be mov- 
ed, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the 
sea. 

3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell, and though 
the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. 

4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the 
city of God; the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most 
Highest. | 

5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be 
removed ; God shall help her, and that right early. 

6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are 
moved; but God hath showed his voice, and the ts 
shall molt away. 

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7 The Lorp of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our 
refuge. 

8 O come hither, and behold the works of the Lorp, 
what destruction he hath brought upon the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world; he break- 
eth the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burn- 
eth the chariots in the fire. 

10 Be still then, and know that Iam God: I will be ex- 
alted among the poeen, and I will be exalted in the 
earth. 

11 The Lorp of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is 
our refuge. 


Gvening Praver. 
Psalm xlvii. Omunes gentes, plaudite. 


CLAP your hands together, all ye people: Osing unto 
God with the voice of melody. 
2 For the Lorp is high, and to be feared; he is the 
great King upon all the earth. 
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations 
under our feet. 
4 He shall choose out an heritage for us, even the wor- 
ship of Jacob, whom he loved. 
5 God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lory with 
the sound of the trump. 
6 O sing praises, sing praises unto our God; O sing 
praises, sing praises unto our King. 
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises 
with understanding. 
8 God reigneth over the heathen; God sitteth upon his — 
holy seat. 
9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people 
of the God of Abraham; for God, which is very high ex- 
alted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. 


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Psalm xlviii. -Magnus Dominus. 
REAT is the Lor», and highly tobe praised in the city 
of our God, even upon his holy hill. 

2 The /hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the 
whole earth ; upon the north side leth the city of the great 
King: God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 

3 For lo, the kings of the earth are gathered, and gone 
by together. 

4 They marvelled to see such things; they were aston- 
ished, and suddenly cast down. 

5 Fear came there upon them; and sorrow, as upon a 
woman in her travail. 

6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea through the 
east-wind. 

7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city 
of the Lord of hosts, in the ae of our God; God upholdeth 
the same for ever. 

8 We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst 
of thy temple. 

9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto 
the world’s end; thy right hand is full of righteousness. 

10 Let the Mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Ju- 
dah be glad, because of thy judgments. 

11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her; and tell 
the towers thereof. 

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that ye 
may tell them that come after. 

13 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he shall 
be our guide unto death. 


_ Psalm xlix. Audite hec, omnes. : 
() HEAR ye this, all ye people ; ponder it with your ears, 
all ye that dwell in the world ; 
2°High and low, rich and poor, rr with another. 
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and my heart shall 
muse of understanding. 


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4 I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my 
dark speech upon the harp. 

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickedness, 
and when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me 
round about? 

6 There be some that put their trust in their goods, and 
boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. 

7 But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agree- 
ment unto God for him; 

8 For it cost more to redeem their souls, so that he must 
let that alone for ever ; 

9 Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave. 

10 For he seeth that wise men also die and perish to- 
gether, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their 
riches for other. 

11 And yet they think their houses shall continue for ever, 
and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one gene- 
ration to another ; and callthe lands after their own names. 

12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honor, seeing he 
may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the 
way of them. 

13 This is their foolishness, and their posterity praise 
their saying. 

14 They lie in the hell like sheep; death gnaweth upon 
them, and the righteous shall have dominion over them in 
the morning: their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre 
out of their dwelling. 

15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of 
hell; for he shall receive me. 

16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, or if 
the glory of his house be increased ; 

17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he 
dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him. 

18 For while he lived, he counted himself an happy 
man; and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men 
will speak good of thee. 

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19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers, and 
shall never see light. 

20 Man being in honor hath no understanding, but is 
compared unto the beasts that perish. 


THE TENTH DAY. 


PHorning Braver. 
Psalm 1. Deus deorwm. 


HE Lorp, even the most mighty God, hath spoken, and 
called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto 
to the going down thereof. 

2 Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty. 

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; there 

nall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tem- 
pest shall be stirred up round about him. 

4 He shall call the heaven from above, and the earth, 
that he may judge his people. 

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have 
made a covenant with me with sacrifice. 

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ; for 
God is Judge himself. 

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; I myself will 
testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy 
God. 

8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or 
for thy burnt offerings; because they were not alway be- 
fore me. 

§ I will take no bullock out of thine house, nor Boge 
out of thy folds. 

10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and so are 
the cattle upon a thousand hills. 

11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains, and the 
wild beasts of the field are in my sight. 

12 If Ibe hungry, I will not tell thee; for the whole 
_ world is mine, and all that is therein. 

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13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bull’s flesh, and drink 
the blood of goats ? 

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto 
the Most Highest. 

15 And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I 
hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 

16 But unto the ungodly said God, Why dost thou preach 
my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth ; 

17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast 
my words behind thee ? 

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto 
him ; and hast been partaker with the adulterers. 

19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness, and with 
thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit. 

20 Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother; yea, 
and hast slandered thine own mother’s son. 

21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, 
and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one 
as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the 
things that thou hast done. 

22 O consider this, ye that forget God, lest I pluck you 
away, and there be none to deliver you. 

23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoreth 
me; and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will 
I show the salvation of God. 


Psalm li. Miserere mei, Deus. 


AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great good- 
ness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do 
away banc offences. 
2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and clea 
me from my sin. 
3 For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever be- 
fore me. 
4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evilin 
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thy sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy hig: 
and clear arhel thou art judged. 

5 Behold I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin: hath 
my mother conceived ine. 

6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward Tate and 
shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 

7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be 
clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than 
snow. 

8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that 
the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 

9 Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my mis- 
deeds. 

10 Make me a Shey heart, O God, and renew a right 
spirit within me. 

11 Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not 
thy holy Spirit from me. 

12 O give me the comfort of thy help again, and stab- 
lish me with thy free Spirit. 

13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and 
sinners shall be converted unto thee. . 

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that 
art the God of my health ; and my tongue shall sing of thy 
righteousness. 

15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lorp, and my mouth 
shall show thy praise. 

16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it 
thee ; but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. 

17 The sacrifice of God isa troubled spirit; a broken 
and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. 

18 O be favorable and gracious unto Sion; build thou 
the walls of Jerusalem. 

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of 
righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations ; then 
shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. 


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Psalm lil. Quid glortaris? 


7 HY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst 
do mischief ; 

2 Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily ? 

3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with hes thou 
cuttest like a sharp razor. 

4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than goodness, 
and to talk of lies more than righteousness. 

5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt, 
O thou false tongue. 

6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever; he shall 
take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root 
thee out of the land of the living. 

7 The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall 
laugh him to scorn ; 

8 Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength ; 
but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strength- 
ened himself in his wickedness. 

9 As for me, Iam like a green olive-tree in the house 
of God; my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever 
and ever. 

10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou 
hast done; and I will hope in thy Name, for thy saints 
like it well. 


Bbening Praper. 
Psalm liti. Dixit insipiens. 
HE foolish body hath said in his heart, There is no 
God. 

2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their 
wickedness; there is none that doeth good. 

3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of 
men, to see if there were any that would understand, and 
seek after God. “ee 

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gether become abominable; there is also none that doeth 
good, no not one. 

5 Are not they without understanding that work wick- 
edness, eating up my people as if they would eat bread ? 
they have not called upon God. 

6 They were afraid where no fear was: for God hath 
broken the bones of him that besieged thee; thou hast put 
them to confusion, because God hath despised them. 

7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel out of 
Sion! Oh, that the Lord would deliver his people out of 
captivity ! 

8 Then should Jacob rejoice, and Israel should be right 
glad. 


Psalm liv. Deus, in nomine. 


AVE me, O God, for thy Name’s sake, and avenge me 
in thy strength. 

2 Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words 
of my mouth. 

3 For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, 
which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. 

4 Behold, God is my helper; ia Lord is with them that 
uphold my wit 

5 He shall reward evil unto mme enemies: destroy thou 
them in thy truth. 

6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise 
thy Name, O Lorn; because it is so comfortable. 

7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; and 
mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. 


Psalm lv. Exaudi, Deus. 


EAR my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my 
petition. 
2 Take heed unto me, and hear me, how I mourn inmy 
prayer, and am vexed. 
3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so 
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fast ; for they are minded to do me some mischief, so ma- 
liciously are they set against me. 

4 My-heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of 
death is fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an 
horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then 
would I flee away, and be at rest. 

7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in 
the wilderness. 

8 I would make haste to escape, because of the stormy 
wind and tempest. 

9 Destroy their tongues, O Lord, and divide them; for 
I have spied unrighteousness and strife in the city. 

10 Day and night they go about within the walls there- 
of: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 

11 Wickedness is therein ; deceit and guile go not out 
of their streets. . 

12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me this 
dishonor ; for then I could have borne it: 

13 Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify him- 
self against me; for then peradventure I would have hid 
myself from him: 

14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and 
mine own familiar friend. f 

15 We took sweet counsel together, and walked in the 
house of God as friends. 

16 Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go 
down quick into hell; for wickedness is in their dwellings, 
and among them. 

17 As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lorp shall 
save me. 

18 In the evening, and morning, and at noon-day will I 
pray, and that instantly ; and he shall hear my voice. ~ 

19 It is he that hath delivered my soul in peace from the 
battle that was against me; for there were many withme. 

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20 Yea, even God, that endureth for ever, shall hear me, 
and bring them down; for they will not turn, nor fear 
God. 

21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with 
him, and he brake his covenant. 

22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, 
having war in his heart; his words were smoother than 
oil, and yet be they very swords. 

23 O cast thy burden upon the Lorp, and he shall nour- 
ish thee, and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever. 

24 And as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into 
the pit of destruction. 

25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out 
half their days: nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O 
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THE ELEVENTH DAY. 


HAorning Praver. 
Psalm lvi. Miserere met, Deus. 


E merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to de- 
vour me; he is daily fighting, and troubling me. 

2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up; 
for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most High- 
est. 

3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid, yet put I 
my trust in thee. 

4 | will praise God, because of his word: I have putmy 
trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

5 They daily mistake my words; all that they imagine 
is todo me evil. 

6 They hold all together, and keep themselves close, 
and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 

7 Shall they escape for their wickedness ? aes O God, 
in thy displeasure shalt cast them down. 

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put my tears into thy 
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9 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine ene- 
mies be put to flight: this I know; for God is on my side. 

10 In God’s word will I rejoice; m the Lorp’s word 
will I comfort me. 

11 Yea, in God haveI put my trust: I will not be afraid 
what man can do unto me. 

12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows; unto thee 
will I give Pha tiles 

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my 
feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light 
of the living. 


Psalm lvii. Miserere mei, Deus. 


E merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for 

my soul trusteth in thee; and under the shadow of 

thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over- 
past. 

2 I will call unto the most high God, even unto the God 
that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 

3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the re- 
proof of him that would eat me up. 

4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: my soul 
is among lions. 

5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are 
set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their 
tongue a sharp sword. 

6 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens ; and thy 
glory above all the earth. 

7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down 
my soul; they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen 
into the midst of it themselves. 

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will 
sing and give praise. 

9 Awake up, my glory ; awake lute and harp: I myself 
will awake right early. 

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10 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the 
people; and I will sing unto thee among the nations. 

11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the 
heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 

12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens; and thy 
glory above all the earth. 


Psalm lvi. Sz vere utique. 


RE your minds set upon righteousness, O ye congte- 
gation ? and do ye judge the thing that is mght, O ye 
sons of men? 

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth, 
and your hands deal with wickedness. 

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother’s 
womb ; assoon as they are born, they go astray, and speak 
lies. 

4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even 
like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; 

5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, 
charm he never so wisely. 

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; smite the 
jaw-bones of the lions, O Lorn: let them fall away like 
water that runneth apace; and when they shoot their ar-. 
rows let them be rooted out. 

7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the 
untimely fruit of a woman; and let them not see the sun. 

8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns, so let 
indignation vex him, even as a thing that is raw. 

9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the ven- 
geance ; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the un- 
godly. 

10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for 
the righteous; doubtless there is a God that judgeth the 
earth. 


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Zabening Prayer. 
Psalm lix. Eripe me de inimicis. 


ELIVER me from mine enemies, O God; defend me 
from them that rise up against me. 

2 O deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me 
from the blood-thirsty men. 

3 For lo, they lie waiting for my soul; the mighty men 
are gathered against me, without any offence or fault of 
me, O Lorp. 

4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault; 
arise thou therefore to help me, and behold. 

5 Stand up, O Lorp God of hosts, thou God of Israel, to 
visit all the heathen, and be not merciful unto them that 
offend of malicious wickedness. 

6 They go to and fro in the evening, they grin likea 
dog, and run about through the city. 

7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords are 
in their lips; for who doth hear ? / 

8 But thou, O Lorn, shalt have them in derision, and 
thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn. 

9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee; for thou art the 
God of my refuge. 
~ 10 God showeth me his goodness plenteously ; and God 
shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget it; but scatter 
them abroad among the people, and put them down, O 
Lord our defence. 

12 For the sin of their mouth, and forthe words of their 
lips, they shall be taken in their pride: and why? their 
preaching is of cursing and lies. 

13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that 
they may perish; and know that it is God that ruleth in 
Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 


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14 And in the evening they will return, grin like a dog, 
and will go about the city. 

15 They will run here and there for meat, and grudge 
if they be not satisfied. 

16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise 
thy mercy betimmes in the morning ; for thou hast been my 
defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing; for thou, O 
God, art my refuge, and my merciful God. 


Psalm Ix. Deus, repulisti nos. 


GOD, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad ; 
thou hast also been displeased: O turn thee unto us 

again. | 

2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided it: heal the 
sores thereof, for it shaketh. | 

3 Thou hast showed thy people heavy things; thou hast 
given us a drink of deadly wine. 

4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee, that 
they may triumph because of the truth. 

5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered: help me with 
thy right hand, and hear me. 

6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, and 
divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

7 Gilead is mine, and Mannasses is mine; Ephraim also 
is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver ; 

8 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my | 
shoe ; Philistia, be thou glad of me. 

9 Who will ied me into the strong city ? who will bring 
me into Edom ? | 

10 Hast not thou cast us out,O God? wilt not thou, O. 
God, go out with our hosts? 

11 O be thou our help in trouble; for vain is the help 
of man. 

12 Through God will we do great acts; for it is he that 
shall tread Sow our enemies. 

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Psalm Ixi. Exaudi, Deus. 


EAR my crying, O God, give ear unto my prayer. 
2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee, 
when my heart is in heaviness. 

3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I; for 
thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against 
the enemy. 

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, and my trust 
shall be under the covering of thy wings. 

5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires, and hast 
given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name. 

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life, that his years 
may endure throughout all generations. 

7 He shall dwell before God for ever: O prepare thy 
loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve 
him. 

8 So will I always sing praise unto thy Name, that Imay 
daily perform my vows. 


THE TWELFTH DAY. 
PMovning Praver. 


Psalm Ixii. Nonne Deo? 
M* soul truly waiteth still upon God ; for of him cometh 
my salvation. 

2 He verily is my strength and my salvation; he is my 
defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? 
Ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering 
wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge. 

4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God 
will exalt; their delight isin lies; they give good words 
with their mouth, but curse with their heart. 

5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God; for 
my hope is in him. 
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6 He truly is my strength and my salvation; ne is my 
defence, so that I shall not fall. 

7 In God is my health and my glory; the rock of my 
might, and in God is my trust. 

8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people; pour out 
your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 

9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity; the 
children of men are deceitful upon the weights; they are 
altogether lighter than vanity itself. 

10 O trust not in wrong and robbery; give not your- 
selves unto vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart 
upon them. 

11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the 
same, that power belongeth unto God ; 

12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful; for thou rewardest 
every man according to his work. 


Psalm Ixiii. Deus, Deus meus. 


GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. 
2 My soul thirsteth for thee; my flesh also longeth 
after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is. 

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness, that I might 
behold thy power and glory. 

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself ; 
my lips shall praise thee. 

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee in this manner, 
and lift up my hands in thy Name. 

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with mar- 
row and fatness, ia my sti ott praiseth thee with joyful 
lips. 

7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and in 
upon thee when I was waking? 

8 Because thou hast been my helper; therefore under 
the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

9 My soul hangeth upon thee ; thy right hand hath up- 
holden me. 

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10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul, they shall 
go under the earth. 

11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, that they 
may be a portion for foxes. 

12 But the King shall rejoice in God ; all they also that 
swear by him shall be commended; for the mouth of them 
that speak lies shall be stopped. 


Psalm Ixiv. Ezaudi, Deus. 
EAR my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my 
life from fear of the enemy. 

2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, 
and from the insurrection of wicked doers ; 

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot 
‘out their arrows, even bitter words ; 

4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect: 
suddenly do they hit him, and fear not. 

5 They encourage themselves in mischief, and coms 
mune among themselves, how they may lay snares; and 
say, that no man shall see them. 

6 They imagine wickedness, and practise it; that they 
keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of 
his heart. 

7 But God ‘shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift 
arrow, that they shall be wounded. 

8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall; inso- 
much that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn. 

9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath God GONE ¢ ; 
for they shall perceive that it is his work. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lorn, and put his” 
trust in him; and all they that are true of heart shall be 
glad.) 

Brening Prayer. 
Psalm lxv. Te decet hymnus. 


‘HOU, O God, art praised in Sion; and unto thee shall 
the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 
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2 Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh 
come. 

3 My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful 
unto our sins. 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest 
unto thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satis- 
fied with the pleasures of thy house, even of holy temple. 

5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteous- 
ness, O God of our salvation; thou that art the hope of all 
the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the 
broad sea. 

6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, and is 
girded about with power. 

7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of 
his waves, and the madness of the people. 

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the 
earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, thou that makest the 
out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; thou makest 
it very plenteous. 

10 The river of God is full of water: thou preparest 
their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. 

11 Thou waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain into 
the little valleys thereof; thou makest it soft with the drops 
of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 

12 Thoy crownest the yer with thy goodness ; and thy 
clouds drop fatness. 

13 They shall drop upon the dw aihes of the wilder- 
ness ; and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 

14 The folds shall be full of sheep; the valleys also 
shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and 
sing. 

Psalm Ixvi.* Jubilate Deo. 


BE joyful in God, all ye lands; sing praises unto the 
honor of his Name: make his praise to be glorious. 
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2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works ; 
through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be 
found liars unto thee. 

3 For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and 
praise thy Name. 

4 Ocome hither, and behold the works of God; how 
wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. 

5 He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went 
through the water on foot ; there did we rejoice thereof. 

6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold 
the people: and such as will not believe shall not be able 
to exalt themselves. 

7 O praise our God, ye people, and make the. voice of 


his praise to be heard : 


8 Who holdeth our soul in life; and suffereth not our 
feet to slip. 

9 For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also hast tried 
us, like as He iS aint 

10 Thou broughtest us into the snare ; and laidest trouble 
upon our loins. 

11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads ; we went 
through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a 
wealthy place. 

12 I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings: and 
will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, 
and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. 

13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the 
incense of rams; I will offer bullocks and goats. 

14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God; 
and I will tell you w hat he hath done for my soul. 

15 I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him 
praises with my tongue. 

16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart, the 
Lord will not hear me. 

17 But God hath heard me; and considered the voice 
of my prayer. 

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18 Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, 
nor turned his mercy from me. 


Psalm Ixvii. Deus misereatur. 


OD be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the 
light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us ; 

2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving 
health among all nations. 

3 Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the 
people praise thee. 

4 O letthe nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt 
judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon 
earth. 

5. Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the 
people praise thee. 

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase ; and 
God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 

7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall 
fear him. 


THE THIRTEENTH DAY. 


Horning Praver. 


Psalm Ixvui. Exurgat Deus. 
ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered ; let 
them also that hate him flee before him. 
2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them 
away; and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the un- 
godly perish at the presence of God. 
3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God ; 
let them also be merry and joyful. 
4 Osing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name; — 
magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it,were upon 
an horse; praise him in his Name JAH, and rejoice before 
him. 
5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the 
cause of the widows; even God in his holy habitation. — 
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6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in 
an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity ; but 
letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people ; 
when thou wentest through the wilderness. 

8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the 
presence of God; even as Sinai also was moyed at the 
presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 

9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine in- 
heritance, and refreshedst it when it was weary. 

10 Thy congregation shall dweli therein; for thou, O 
God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 

11 The Lord gave the word; great was the company of 
the preachers. 

12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discom- 
fited, and they of the household divided the spoil. 

13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be 
as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver wings, 
and her feathers like gold. 

14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake, 
then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 

15 As the hill of Basan, so is God’s hill; even an high 
hill, as the hill of Basan. 

16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God’s hill, in 
the which it pleaseth him to dwell; yea, the Lorp will 
abide in it for ever. 

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thou- 
sands of angels; and the Lord is among them as in the 
holy place of Sinai. 

18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity 
captive, and received gifts for men; yea, even for thine 
enemies, that the Lorp God might dwell among them. 

19 Praised be the Lord daily, even the God-who helpeth 
us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 

20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salva- 
tion: Gop is the Lord, by whom we escape death. 

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21 God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the 
hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wicked- 
ness. 

22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as 
I did from Basan; mine own will I bring again, as I did 
sometime from the deep of the sea. 

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine 
enemies, and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red 
through the same. 

24 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest; how thou, 
my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 

25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in 
the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 

26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the con- 
~ gregations, from the ground of the heart. 

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes 
of Judah their council; the princes of Zabulon, and the 
princes of Nephthali. 

28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee; stablish 
the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us, 

29 For thy temple’s sake at Jerusalem ; so shall kings 
bring presents unto thee. 

30 When the company of the spear-men, and multi- 
tude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts 
of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver; 
and when he hath scattered the people that delight in 
war ; 

31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt; the Mo- 
rians’ land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 

32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing 
praises unto the Lord ; 

33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the begin- 
ning: lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty 
voice. | 

34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel; his wor- 
ship and strength is in the clouds. 

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35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places: even 
the God of Israel, he will give strength and power unto 
his people. Blessed be God. 


Grening Prayer. 
Psalm Ixix. Salvwm me fac. 


AVE me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto 

my. etl 

2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no srénnt3 is; I 
am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. 

3 Lam weary of crying; my throat is dry; my sight 
faileth me for waiting so long upon my God. 

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the 
hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would 
destroy me guiltless, are mighty. 

5 I paid them the things that I never took: God, thou 
knowest my simpleness, and = faults are not hid from ~ 
thee. 

6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord Gop of hosts, 
be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee be 


confounded through me, O Lord God of Israel. 


7 And why ? for thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame 
hath covered my face. 

8 Iam become a stranger unto my brethren, even an 
- alien unto my mother’s children. 

9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and 
the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon 
me. 

10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, and that 
was turned to my reproof. 

11 I put on sackcloth also, and they jested upon me. 

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the 
drunkards make songs upon me. 

13 But, Lorp, 1 make my prsyer unto thee in an ac- 
ceptable time. 

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14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even 
in the truth of thy salvation. 

15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; O let me 
be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep 
waters. — 

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the 
deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth 
upon me. 

17 Hear me, O Lorp, for thy loving-kindness is com- 
fortable ; turn thee unto me according to the multitude of 
thy mercies: 

18 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in 
trouble: O haste thee, and hear me. 

19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, 
because of mine enemies. 

20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my 
dishonor: mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of 
heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there 
was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 

22 They gave me gall to eat; and when | was thirsty 
they gave me vinegar to drink. 

23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves 
withal; and let the things that should have been for their 
wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. 

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and 
ever bow thou down their backs. 

25 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy 
wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 

26 Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in 
their tents. 

27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; 
and they talk ‘how they may vex them whom thou hast 
wounded. ; 

28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and 
not come into thy righteousness. 

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29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and 
not be written among the righteous. 

30 As for me, etiets Iam poor and in heaviness, thy 
help, O God, gtiail lift me up. 

31 I will praise the Name of God with a song, and page 
nify it with thanksgiving. 

32 This also shall piiake the Lorp better than a bullock 
that hath horns and hoofs. 

33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: seek 
ye after God, and your soul shall live. 

34 For the Lorp heareth the poor, and despiseth not hig 
prisoners. © 

35 Let heaven and earth praise him: the sea, and all 
that moveth therein. 

36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah, 
that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. 

37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; and 
they that love his Name shall dwell therein. 


Psalm Ixx. Deus, in adjutorium. 


ASTE thee, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help 
me, O Loarp. 

2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after 
my soul; let them be turned backward and put to confu- 
sion that wish me evil. 

3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame, 

that cry over me, There! there! 

4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in 
thee: and let all such as delight in thy salvation say al- 
way, The Lord be praised. ; 

5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto 
me, O God. ’ 

6. Thou art my helper, and my redeemer O Lorp, make 

no ‘Aah tarrying. 


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THE FOURTEENTH DAY. 


FHorning Braver. 
Psalm Ixxi. In te Domine, speravt. 


N thee, O Lorn, have I put my trust; let me never be 
put to confusion, but rid me, and deliver me, in thy 
righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 

2 Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway re- 
sort: thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house 
of defence, and my castle. 

_ 3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, 
out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 

4 For thou, O Lord Gop, art the thing that I long for: 
thou art my hope, even from my youth. 

5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was 


born: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s womb; 


_my praise shall be always of thee. 
6 I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my 
sure trust is in thee. 
7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may 
sing of thy glory and honor all the day long. 


8 Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not 


when my strength faileth me. 
9 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that 


lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying, 


God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him, for 
there is none to deliver him. 

10 Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to 
help me. 


11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against 
my soul; let them be covered with shame and dishonor | 


that seek to do me evil. 
12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway, and will 
praise thee more and more, 
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13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and 
salvation ; for I know no end thereof. 

14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord Gop, and 
will make mention of thy righteousness only. 

15 Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until 
now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. 

16 Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am 
gray-headed, until have showed thy strength unto this 
generation, and thy power to — them that are yet for to 
come. 

17 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great 
things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like’ 
unto thee ! 

18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou show- 
ed'me! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and 
broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. 

19 Thou hast brought me to great honor, and comforted 
me on every side: 

20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, 0 
God, playing upon an instrument ie music: unto thee will 
I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 

21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee; and so 
will my soul whom thou hast delivered. 

22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the 
day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame 
that seek todo me evil. 


Psalm lxxii. Deus, judiciwm. 


IVE the King thy judgments, O God, and thy righte- 
ousness unto the King’s son. 

2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, 
and defend the poor. 

3 The mountains also shall bring peace, and the little 
hills righteousness unto the people. 

4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend 
the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer. 

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5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon en- 
dureth, from one generation to another. 

6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool, 
even as the drops that water the earth. 

7 In his time shall the nghteous flourish; yea, and 
abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth. 

8 His dominion shall: be also from the one sea to the 
other, and from the flood unto the world’s end. 

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before 
him ; his enemies shall lick the dust. 

10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shall give pre- 
sents ; the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts. 

- 11 All kings shall fall down before him; all nations 
shall do him service. 

12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; the 
needy also, and him that hath no helper. 

13 He shall be favorable to the simple and needy, and 
shall preserve the souls of the poor. . 
14 He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong ; 

and dear shall their blood be in his sight. 

_ 15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold 
of Arabia; prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily 
shail he be praised. 

16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high 
upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall 
be green in the city like grass upon the earth. 

17 His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall re- 
main under the sun amongst the posterities, which shall 
be blessed through ‘him ; and all the heathen shall praise 
him. 

18 Blessed be the Lorp God, even the God of Israel, 
which only doeth wondrous things ; 

19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: 
and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, 
Amen. 


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Bbening Pravevr. 
Psalm lxxiii. Quam bonus Israel! 


RULY God is loving unto Israel: even unto such asare 
of a clean heart. 

2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, my tread- 
ings had well-nigh slipt. ' 

3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: I do also 
see the ungodly in such prosperity. 

4 For they are in no peril of death: but are lusty and 
strong. 

5 They come inno misfortune like other folk; neither 
are they plagued like other men. 
6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with 
pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty. 

7 Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what 


- they lust. 


8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy ; 
the:r talking is against the Most High. 

9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the ei 
and their tongue goeth through the world. 

10 Therefore fall the abil unto them, and eevee 
suck they no small advantage. 

11 Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? is there 
knowledge in the Most High ? 

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, 
and these have riches in possession: and] said, Then have 
I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in 
innocency. 

13 All the day long have I been punished, and chas- 
tened every morning. 

14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they; but lo, 
then I should have condemned the generation of thy chil- 
dren. 

15 Then thought I to understand this; but it was too 
hard for me, 

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16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God: then under- 
stood I the end of these men ; 

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, 
and castest them down, and destroyest them. 

18 O how suddenly do they consume, perish, and come 
to a fearful end! 

19 Yea, even like asa dream when one awaketh 5 sO 
shalt shove make their image to vanish out of the } 

20 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went. 
_ my reins. 

21 So foolish was J, and ignorant, even as it were a 
beast before thee. 

22 Nevertheless J am alway by thee; for thou hast 
holden me by my right hand. 

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and after that 
receive me with glory. 

24 Whom have]! in heaven but thee? and there is none 
upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee. 

25 My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the 
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 

26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou hast 
destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee. 

27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put 
my trust in the Lord Gop, and to speak of all thy works in 
the gates of the daughter of Sion. 





Psalm Ixxiv. Ut quid, Deus? 


0 GOD, wherefore art thou absent from us so long? why 
is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture ? 

2 O think upon thy congregation, whom ct hast pur- 
chased, and redeemed of old. 

3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance, and Mount 
Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 

4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy 
every enemy, which hath done evil in thy sanctuary. 

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5 Thine adversaries roar.in the midst of thy congrega- 
tions, and set up their banners for tokens. 

6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees, 
was known to bring it to an excellent work. 

7 But now they break downall the carved work thereof 
with axes and hammers. 

8 They have set fire upon thy holy places, and have de- 
filed the dwelling-place of thy Name, even unto the ground. 

9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havoc of 
them ater : thus have they burnt up all the houses 
of God in the land. ; 

10 We see not our tokens; there is not one prophet 
more ; no, not one is there among us that understandeth 
any more. 

11 O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonor ? 
how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name ? for ever ? 

12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand? why pluckest thou 
not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy ¢ 

13 For God is my King of old; the help that is done 
upon earth, he doeth it himself. 

14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power; thou 
brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 

15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and 
gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness. 

16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the 
hard rocks; thou driedst up mighty waters. 

17. 'Yhe ae is thine, and the night is thine; thou Hes 
prepared the light and ‘the sun. 

18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast 
made summer and winter. 

19 Remember this, O Lorp, how the enemy hath re- 
buked; and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy 
Name. 

20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the 
multitude of the enemies ; and forget not the congregation 
of the poor for ever. 







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21 Look upon the covenant; for all the earth is full of 
darkness, and cruel habitations) 

22 O let not the simple go away ashamed; but let the 
poor and needy give praise unto thy Name. 

23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause ; remember 
how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily. 

24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the presump- 
tion of them that hate thee increaseth ever we and more. 

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THE FIFTEENTH DAY. ste: 


HHorning Praver. 
Psalm lxxv. Confitebomur tibt. 


NTO thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee 
do we give racites! 

2 Thy Name also isso nigh; and that do thy wondrous 
works declare. 

3 When I receive the congregation, I shall judge ac- 
cording unto right. 

4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: I 
bear up the pillars of it. 

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; and to the 
ungodly, Set not up your horn. 

6 Set not up your horn on high, and speak not witha 
stiff neck. 

7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from 
the west, nor yet from the south. 

8 And why ? God is the Judge; he putteth down ae 
and setteth up another. 

9 For in the hand of the Lorp there is a cup, a the 
wine is red; it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the 
same. 

10 As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth 
shall drink them, and suck them out. 

11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob, and praise him 


_ for ever... 


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12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break, and 
the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. 


Psalm Ixxvi. Notus in Judea. 


N Jewry is God known; his Name is great in Israel. 

2 In Salem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Sion. 

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the 
sword, and the battle. 

4 Thou art of more honor and might than the hills of 
the robbers. 

5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep ; 
and all the men whose hands were mighty have found 
nothing. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and 
horse are fallen. 

7 Thou, even thou art to be feared; and who may stand 
in thy sight when thou art angry ? 

8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from 
heaven ; the earth trembled, and was still, 

9 When God arose to judgment, and to helpall the meek 
upon earth. 

10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise ; and 
the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain. ‘ 

11 Promise unto the Lorn your God, and keep it, all ye 
that are round about him; bring presents unto him that 
ought to be feared. 

12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes, and is wonder- 
ful among the kings of the earth. 


Psalm Ixxvii. Voce mea ad Dominum. 


WILL cry unto God with my voice, even unto God will 
I ery with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me. 

2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lorp: my sore 
ran, and ceased not in the night-season; my soul refused 
comfort. 

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3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God ; Min 
my heart i is vexed, I will complain. 

4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so feeble Hae 
I cannot speak. 

5 I have considered the days of old, and the years that 
are past. 

6 I call to remembrance my song, and in the night I 
commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirit. 

7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever? and will he 
be no more intreated ? 

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? and is his promise 
come utterly to an end for evermore ? 

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? and will he shut 
up his loving-kindness in displeasure ? 

10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity; but I will re- . 
member the years of the right hand of the Most Highest. 

11 I will remember the works of the Lorp, and call to 
mind thy wonders of old time. 

12 I will think also of all thy works, and my talking 
shall be of thy doings. 

_ 13 Thy way, O God, is holy: who is so great a God as 
our God? 

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders, and hast de- 
clared thy power among the people. 

15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy Heep; even the 
sons of Jacob and Joseph. 

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, 
and were afraid; the denis also were troubled. 

17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and 
thine arrows went abroad. 

18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: 
the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was 
moved, and shook withal. 

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in i ae 
waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 


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20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep, by the hand of 
Moses and Aaron. 


Ehening Prayer. 
Psalm Ixxviii. Attendite popule. 
a my law, O my people ; incline your ears unto the 
words of my mouth. 

2 I will open my mouth ina parable ; I will declare 
hard sentences of old ; 

3 Which we have heard and known, and such as our 
fathers have told us; 

4 That we should not hide them from the children of 
the generations to come; but to show the honor of the 
Lorp, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. 

5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a 
law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their 
children ; 

6 That their posterity might know it, and the children 


which were yet unborn ; 


7 To the intent that when they came up, they might 
show their children the same ; 

8 That they might put their trust in God’; and not to 
forget the works of God, but to keep his commandments ; 

9 And not tobe as their forefathers, a faithless and stub. 
born generation ; a generation that set not their heart 
aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not steadfastly unto God ; 

10 Like as the children of Ephraim; who being har- 
nessed, and carrying bows, turned themselves back in the 
day of battle. 

11 They kept not the covenant of God, and would not 
walk in his law; 
12 But forgat what he had done, and the wonderful 
works that he had showed for them. | 

13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our forefa- 
thers, in the land of Egypt, even in the field of Zoan. 


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14 He divided the sea, and let them go through; he 
made the waters to stand on an heap. 

- 15 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and 
all the night through with a light of fire. 

16 He ‘lave the hard rocks in the w ilderness, and gave 
them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depths. 

17 He brought salen out of the stony rock, so that it 
gushed out like the rivers. 

18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him, and 
provoked the Most Highest in the wilderness. 

19 They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat 
for their lust. 

20 They spake against God also, saying, Shal! God pre- 
pare a table in the wildemess? 

21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water 
gushed out, and the streams flowed withal; but can he 
give bread also, or provide flesh for his people 4 

22 When the Lorn heard this, he was wroth; so the 
fire was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy dis- 
pleasure against Israel ; 


23 Because they believed not in God, and put not their 
trust in his help. 


24 So he commanded the. clouds above, and opened the 
doors of heaven: 

25 He rained down manna also upon them for to eat, 
and gave them food from heaven. 

26 So man did eat angel’s food; for he sent them meat 
enough. 

27 He caused the east-wind to blow under heaven; and 
through his power he brought in the southwest-wind. 

28 He rained Hesh upon them as thick as dust, and fea- 
thered fowls like as the sand of the sea. 

29 He let it fall among their tents, even round about 
their habitation. 

30 So they did eat, and were well filled ; for he gave them » 
their own desire: they were not disappointed of their lust. 

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31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the 
heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the weal- 
thiest of them ; yea, and smote down the chosen men that 
were in (ay 

32 But for all this they sinned yet more, and believed 
not his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and 
their years in trouble. 

34 When he slew them, they sought him, and turned 
them early, and inquired after God. . 

35 And they remembered that God was their strength, 
and that the high God was their redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their 
mouth, and dissembled with him in their tongue. 

37 For their heart was not whole with him, neither con- 
tinued they steadfast in his covenant. 

38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their mis- 
deeds, and destroyed them not. 

39 Yea, many atime turned he his wrath away, and 
would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise. 

40 For he considered that they were but flesh, and that 
they were even a wind that passeth away, and’ cometh not 
again. 

41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilder- 
ness, and grieved him in the desert. 

42 They turned back, and tempted God, and moved the 
Holy One in Israel. 

43 They thought not of his hand, and of the day when 
he delivered them from the hand of the enemy; 

44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt, and his 
wonders in the field of Zoan. 

45 He turned their waters into blood, so that they might 
not drink of the rivers. 

46 He sent lice among them, and devoured them up; 
and frogs to destroy them. 


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47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar, and their la- 
bor unto the grasshopper. : 

48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones, and their 
mulberry-trees with the frost. 

49 He smote their cattle also with hailstones, and their 
flocks with hot thunderbolts. 

50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath, 
anger, displeasure, and trouble : and sent evil angels among ~ 
them. 

51 He made a way to his indignation, and spared not 
their soul from death; but gave their life over to the Bee 
tilence ; 

52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt, the most prin- 
cipal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. . 

53 But as for his own people, he led them forth like 
sheep, and carried them in the wilderness like a flock. 

54 He brought them out safely, that they should not 
fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea. 

55 And brought them within the borders of his sanc- 
tuary, even to his mountain, which he purchased with his 
right hand. 

56 He cast out the heathen also before them, caused 
their land to be divided among them for an heritage, and 
made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 

57 So they tempted and displeased the most high God, 
and kept not his testimonies ; 

58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their fore- 
fathers; starting aside like a broken bow. 

59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars, and pro- 
voked him to displeasure with their images. 

60 When God heard this, he was wroth, and took sore 
displeasure at Israel ; 

61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Silo, even the 
tent that he had pitched among men. | 

62 He delivered their power into captivity, and their 
beauty into the enemy’s hand. 

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63 He gave his people over also unto the sword, and 
was wroth with his inheritance. 

64 The fire consumed their young men, and their maid- 
ens were not given to marriage. 

65 Their priests were slain with the sword, and there 
were no widows to make lamentation. 

66 So the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, and like 
a giant refreshed with wine. 

67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put 
them to a perpetual shame. 

68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not 
the tribe of Ephraim ; 

69 But chose the tribe vf — even the hill of Sion 
which he loved. 

70 And there he built his temple on high, and laid the 
foundation of it like the ground which he hath made con- 
tinually. 

71 He chose David also his servant, and took him away 
from the sheep-folds: 

72 As he was following the ewes great with young ones 
he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Is- 
rael his inheritance. 

73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, and 
ruled them prudently with all his power. 


THE SIXTEENTH DAY. 


FMorning Braver. 
Psalm Ixxix. Deus, venerunt. 


() GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance ; thy 
holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an 
heap of stones: 

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be 
meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints 
unto the beasts of the land. 

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3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side 
of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury thein. 

4 We are become an open shame to our enemies, a very 
scorn and derision unto them that are round about us. 

5 Lorp, how long wilt thou be angry? shall thy jeal- 
ousy burn like fire for ever ? 

6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have 
not known thee; and upon the kingdoms that have not 


‘called upon thy Name. 


7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his 
dwelling-place. 

8 Oremember not our old sins, but have mercy upon 
us, and that soon ; for we are come to great misery. 

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy 
Name: O deliver us,and be merciful unto our sins, for thy 
Name’s sake. : 

10 Wherefore do the heathen say, Where is now thy 
God ? 

11 O let the vengeance of thy servants’ blood that is 
shed, be openly showed upon the heathen, in our sight. 

12. O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come be- 
fore thee ; according to the greatness of thy power, pre- 
serve thou those that are appointed to die. 

13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbors 
have blasphemed thee, reward thou them, O Lord, seven- 
fold into their bosom. 

14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, 
shall give thee thanks for ever, and will alway be showing 
forth thy praise from generation to generation. 


Psalm Ixxx. Qui regis Israel. 


/J EAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jo- 
seph like a sheep; show thyself also, thou that sittest 
upon the Cherubim. 
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses, stir up thy 
strength, and come, and help us. 
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3 Turn us again, O God; show the light of thy counte- 
nance, and we shall be whole. 

4 O Lorp God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry 
with thy people that prayeth ? 

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest 
them plenteousness of tears to drink. 

6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbors, 
and our enemies laugh us to scorn. 

7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of d 
thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast 
out the heathen, and planted it. 

9 Thou madest room for it; and when it had taken root, 
it filled the land. 

10 The hilis were covered with the shadow of it, and 
the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees. 

11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and 
her boughs unto the river. 

12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all 
they that go by pluck off her grapes? 

13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, and 
the wild beasts of the field devour it. 

14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from 
heaven, behold, and visit this vine ; 

15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand 
hath planted, and the branch that thou madest so strong 
for thyself. 

16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down; and they shall 
perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, 
and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for 
thine own self. 

18 And so will not we go back from th O let us live, 
and we shall call upon thy’ Name. 

19 Turn us again, O Lorn God of hosts ; show the light 
of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 

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Psalm lxxxi. Ezultate Deo. 


“aks we merrily unto God our strength ; make a cheer- 
ful noise unto the God of Jacob. 

2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret, the merry 
harp with the lute. . 

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon, even in the 
time appointed, and upon our solemn feast-day. 

_ 4 For this was made a statute for Israel, and a law of 
the God of Jacob. 

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he 
came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange 
Janguage. 

6 I eased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands 
were delivered from making the pots. 

7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered 
thee ; and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. 

8 I proved thee also at the waters of strife. 
~ 9 Hear, O my people; and I will assure thee, O Israel, 
if thou wilt hearken unto me, 

10 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt 
thou worship any other god. 

11 I am the Lorp thy God, who brought thee out of the 
land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. 

12 But my people would not hear my voice; and Israel 
would not obey me: 

13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lusts, and 
let them follow their own imaginations. 

14 Oh that my people eatiid have hearkened unto me! 
for if Israel had walked in my ways, 

15 I should soon have put down their enemies, ang 
turned my hand against their adversaries. 

16 The hater8-of the Lorp should have been res 
liars; but their time should have endured for ever. 

17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat- 


flour ; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have 
satisfied thee. 


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Bobening Braver. 


Psalm Ixxxii. Deus stettt. 


OD standeth in the congregation of princes; he isa 
Judge among gods. 

2 How long will ye give wrong judgment, and diode 
the persons af the ungodly ? 

3 Defend the poor and fatherless; see that such as are 
in need and necessity have right. 

4 Deliver the outcast and poor; save them from the 
hand of the ungodly. 

5eChey will not be learned, nor understand, but walk 
on still in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are 
out of course. j 

6 I have said, Ye are gods, and ye are all the children 
of the Most Highest. 

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the 
princes. 

8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth; for thou shalt 
take all heathen to thine inheritance. 


Psalm Ixxxin. Deus, quis similis? 


OLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence: re- 
frain not thyself, O God. 

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring; and they 
that hate thee have lift up their head. 

3 They have imagined craftily against thy people, and 
taken counsel against thy secret ones. 

4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, and 
they be no more a people, and that the name of Israel may 
be no more in remembrance. | 

5 For they have cast their heads together with one con- 
sent, and are confederate against thee ° 

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ishmaelites; 
the Moabites, and Hagarenes ; 

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7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines, 
with them that dwell at Tyre. 

8 Assur also is joined with them, and have holpen the 
children of Lot. 

9 But do thou to them as unto the Midianites; unto Si- 
sera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison ; 

10 Who perished at Endor, and became as the dung of 
the earth. 

11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb; 
yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana ; 

12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God 
iN possession. 

13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the 
stubble before the wind ; 

14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood, and as the 
flame that consumeth the mountains. 

15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest, and make 
them afraid with thy storm. , 

16 Make their faces ashamed, O Lorp, that they may 
seek thy Name. 

17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and 
more ; let them be put to shame, and perish. 

18 And they shall know that thou, whose name is Jr- 
HOVAH, art only the Most Highest over all the earth. 


Psalm Ixxxiv. Quam dilecta! 


HOW amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lorp of hosts! 

2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the 
courts of the Lorp; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the 
living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the 
swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy 
altars, O Lorp of hosts, my King and my God. 

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house ; they will 


_be alway praising thee. 


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5 Blessed isthe man whose strength is in thee ; in whose 
heart are thy ways. 

6 Who going through the vale of misery use it fora 
well; and the pools are filled with water. 

7 They will go from strength to strength, and unto the 
God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 

8 O Lorp God of hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O 
God of Jacob. 

9 Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face 
of thine Anointed. 

10 For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 

11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my 
God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 

12 For the Lorp God isa light and defence; the Lorp 
will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he 
withhold from them that live a godly life. 

13 O Lory God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth 
his trust in thee. 


Psalm Ixxxv. Benedizxisti, Domine. 


ORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou 
hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and co- 
vered all their sins. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned 
thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 

4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger 
cease from us. 


5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou 


stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another ? 


6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy 
people may rejoice in thee ? 
7 Show us thy mercy, O Lorp, and grant us thy sal- 
vation. ; 
8 I will hearken what the Lord Gop will say concerning 
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me ; for he shall speak peace unto his peopie, and to his 
saints, that they turn not again. 
9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that 
. glory may dwell in our land. 

10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteous- 
ness hath looked down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the Lorp shall show loving-kindness ; and our 
Jand shall give her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go before him; and he shall di- 
rect his going in the way. 


THE SEVENTEENTH DAY. 


PAorning Braver. 
Psalm Ixxxvi. Inclina, Domine. 


OW down thme ear, O Lorp, and hear me; for I am 
poor, and in misery. 

2 Preserve thou my soul, for 1am holy: my God, save 
thy servant that putteth Mis. trust in thee. me 

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lorn; for I will call daily q 
upon thee. diy 

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O 
Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and of great 
mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 

6 Give ear, Lorp unto my prayer, and ponder the voice 
of my pyrite desires. 

7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee ; for 
thou hearest me. 

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lorn; 
there is not one that can do as thou doest. 

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and 
worship thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy Name. 


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10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou 
art God alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lorp, and I will walk in thy 
truth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy 
Name. 

12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart ; 
and will praise thy Name for evermore. 

13 For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast 
delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 

14 O God, the proud are risen against me ;. and the con- 
gregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and 
have not set thee before their eyes. 

15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and 
mercy, long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. 

16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; 
give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of 

17 Show some token upon me for good; that they who 
hate me may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, Lorn, 
hast holpen me, and comforted me. 

Psalm Ixxxvii. Fundamenta ejus. 
ER foundations are upon the holy hills: the Lorp 
loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings 
of Jacob. 

2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of 
God. 

3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon, with them that 
know me. 

4 Behold ye the Philistines also, and they of Tyre, with 
the Morians; lo, there was he born. . 

5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in 
her; and the Most High shall stablish her. 
je eu ‘The Lorp shall rehearse it, when he writeth upon the 

people, that he was born there. 

7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse: 
All my reste spies shall be in thee. 

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Psalm Ixxxvii. Domine, Deus. 


QO LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night 
\ before thee: O let my prayer enter into thy presence, 
incline thine ear unto my calling ; 

2 For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth 
nigh unto hell. 

3 1 am counted as one of them that go nae into the 
pit, and I have been even as a man that ath no strength. 

4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wound- 
ed, and lie in the grave, who are out of remembrance, and 
are cut away from thy hind. 

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of 
darkness, and in the deep. 

6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou hast 
vexed me with all thy storms. 

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, 
and made me to be abhorred of them. 

: I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth. 

9 My sight faileth for very trouble ; Lorn, I have called 
daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto 
thee. 

10 Dost thou show wonders among the dead? or shall 
the dead rise up again, and praise thee ? 

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave ? 
or thy faithfulness in destruction @ ) 

12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? 
and thy righteousness in the land where all things are for- 
gotten? 

13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lorp; and pathy, shall my 
prayer come before thee. 

14 Lorp why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou 
thy face from met? 

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point 
to die ; even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered 
with a troubled mind. 

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16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me, and the 
fear of thee hath undone me. 

17 They came round about me daily like water, and 
compassed me together on every side. 

18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, 
and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight. 


Lbening Praver. 
Psalm Ixxxix. Misericordias Domini. 


Y song shail be alway of the loving-kindness of the 

4 Lorp; with my mouth will I ever be showing thy 
truth from one generation to another. 

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy 
truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have 
sworn unto David my servant ; 

4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever, and set up thy throne 
from one generation to another. 

5 O Lorp, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous 
works; and thy truth in the congregation of the saints. 

6 For who is he among the clouds, that shall be com- 
pared unte the Lorp ? 

' 7 And what is he among the gods, that shall be like 
untce the Lorn? 

8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the 
saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are round 
_ about him. 

9 O Lorp God of hosts, who is like unto thee? thy 
truth, most mighty Lorp, is on every side. 

10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea; thou stillest the 
waves thereof when they arise. 

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it; thou 
hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty 
arm. ; , 

12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; thou 

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hast laid the foundations of the round world, and all that 
that therein is. 

13 Thou hast made the north and the south; Tabor and 
Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name. 

14 Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, and 
high is thy right hand. 

15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy 
seat; mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 

16 Blessed is the people, O Lorn, that can rejoice in 
thee ; they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 

17 "Their delight shall be daily in thy Name ; and in 1 thy 
righteousness shall they make their boast. 

-18 For thou art the glory of their strength, and in thy 

* loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. 

19 For the Lorp is our defence ; the Holy one of Israel 
is our King. 

20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, 
and saidst, I have laid help upon One that is mighty, I 
have exalted One chosen out of the people. 

21 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil 
have ! anointed him. 

22 My hand shall hold him fast, and my arm shall 
strengthen him. 

23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence ; the 
son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 

24 I will smite down his foes before his face, and plague 
them that hate him. 

25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him; and 
in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 

26 I will set his dominion also in the sea, and his right 
hand in the floods. 

27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father, my God, and 
my strong salvation. 

28 I will make him my First-born, higher than the nae 
of the earth. 

29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my 

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30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his 
throne as the days of heaven. 

31 But if his children forsake my law, and walk not in 
my judgments ; 

32. If they break my statutes, and keep not my com- 
mandments ; I will visit their offences with the rod, and 
their sin ‘vith scourges. 

33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness willl not utterly 
take from him, nor suffer my truth to fail. 

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing 
that is gone out of my lips: I have sworn once by my ho- 
liness, that [ will not fail David. 

35 His seed shall endure for ever, and his seat is like as 
the sun before me. 

36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon, and as 
the faithful witness in heaven. 

37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed, 
and art displeased at him. . 

38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, and 
cast his crown to the ground. 

39 Thou hast overthrown all his jeden and breken 
down his strongholds. 

40 All they that go by spoil him, and he is become a 
reproach to his neighbors. 

41 Thou hast set up the night hand of his enemies, and 
made all his adversaries to rejoice. 

42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword, and 
givest him not victory in the battle. 

43 Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his throne down 
to the ground. 

44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and co- 
vered him with dishonor. 

45 Lorn, how long wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? 
and shall thy wrath burn like fire? 

_ 43 O remember how short my time is; wherefore hast 
thou made all men for nought ? 
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47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death 2 
and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell ? 

48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses, which 
thou swarest unto David in thy truth? 

49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have, 
and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many 
people ; 

50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, 
and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed. Praised be 
the Lorp for evermore. Amen, and Amen. 


THE EIGHTEENTH DAY. 
FAorning Braver. 


Psalm xc. Domine refugium. 


ORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to 
another. 

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the 
earth and the world were made, thou art God from ever- 
lasting, and world without end. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruction ; again thou sayest, 
Come again, ye children of men. 

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yester- 
day; seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 

5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even asa 
sleep ; and fade away suddenly like the grass. 

6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up; but inthe 
evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. 

7 For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are’ 
afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee ; and our se- 
Cret sins in the light of thy countenance. 

9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone: we 
bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 

19 The days of our age are threescore years and ten; 
and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore 

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years, yet is their strength then but labor and sorrow; ‘so 
soon passeth it away, and we are gone. 

11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? for even 
thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 

12 So teach us to riminbér our days, that we may apply 
our hearts unte wisdom. 

13 Turn thee again, O Lorp,at the last, and be gracious 
unto thy servants. 

14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: so shall 
we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 

15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast 
plagued us; and for the years wherein we have suffered 
adversity. 

16 Show thy servants thy work, and their children thy 
glory. 

17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lorp our God be 
upon us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O 
prosper thou our handy-work. 


Psalm xci. Qut habitat. 


SE dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, 
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 

2 I will say unto the Lorp, Thou art my hope, and my 
stronghold ; my God, in hint will I trust. 

3 For he shall deliver thee fromthe snare of the hunter, 
and from the noisome pestilence. 

4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt 
be safe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall 
be thy shield and buckler. 

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor 
for the arrow that flieth by day; 

6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for 
the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. © 

7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at 
thy right hand; but it shall not come ‘not thee. - 

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8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the. 
reward of the ungodly. 

9 For thou, Lorn, art my hope; thou hast set thine 
house of defence very high. 

10 There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall 
any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep 
thee in all thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt 
not thy foot against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young 
lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will 
I deliver him; I will set him up, because he hath known 
my Name. 

15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him; yea, I 
am with him in trouble; I will deliver him and bring him 
to honor. 


16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my 
salvation. 


Psalm xcii. Bonum est cor,fitert. 


T is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lorp, and to 
sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest. 

2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, 
and of thy truth in the night-season ; | 

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute; 
upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. 4 

4 For thou, Lorp, haat made me glad through thy 
works; and I will rejoice in giving praise for the opera- 
tions of thy hands. 


5 O Lorn, how glorious are thy works! thy thoughts 
are very deep. 


6 An unwise man doth not well consider this, and a fool 
doth not understand it. 
7 When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when 
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all the workers of wickedness do flourish, then shall they 
be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lorp, art the Most High- 
est for evermore. 

8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lorp, lo, thine enemies shall 
perish ; and all the workers of wickedness shall be de- 
stroyed. 

9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of a uni- 
corn; for I am anointed with fresh oil. 

10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and 
mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up 
against me. 

11 The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and 


_shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 


12 Such as are planted in the house of the Lorp, shall 
flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 

13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, 
and shall be fat and well-liking ; 

14 That they may show how true the Lorp my strength 
is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him. 


Boening Prayer. 


Psalm xciii. Dominus regnavit. 


HE Lorp is King, and hath put on glorious apparel ; the 
Lorp hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with 

strength. ) 

2 He hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot 
be moved. 

3 Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been pre- 
pared: thou art from everlasting. 

4 The floods are risen, O Lorp, the floods have lift up 
their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 

5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly ; 
but yet the Lorp, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 

6 Thy testimonies, O Lorp, are very sure: holiness be- 


cometh thine house for ever. 


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Psalm xciv. Deus ultionum. 


LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God, 
to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself. 

2 Arise, thou Judge of the world, and reward the proud 
after their deserving. 

3 Lorp, how long shall the ee how long shall the 
ungodly triumph ? 

4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully, 
and make such proud boasting ? 

5 They smite down thy. people, O Lorp, and trouble 
thine heritage. © 

6 They ate: the widow and the stranger, and put the 
fatherless to death. 

7 And yet they say, Tush, the Lorn shall not see, 

either shall the God of Jacob ees it. 

8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, 
when will ye meager 

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that 
made the eye, shall he not see 4 

10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen, it is he that teach- 
eth man knowledge ; shall not he punish ? 

11 The Lorp knoweth the thoughts of man, that they 
are but vain. 

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lorp, 
and teachest him in thy law; 

13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of ad- 
versity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly. 

14 For the Lorp will not fail his people ; neither willhe 
forsake his inheritance. 

15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment: all 
such as are true in heart shall follow it. . 

16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked? or 
who will take my part against the evil doers? 

17 If the Lorn had not helped me, it had not failed, but 
my soul had been put to silence. 


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18 But when I said, My foot hath slipped ; thy mercy, 
O Lorp, held me up. 

19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my 
heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul. 

20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of 
wickedness, which imagineth mischief as a law % 

21 They gather them together against the soul of the 
righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 

22 But the Lorp is my refuge, and my God is the 
strength of my confidence. 

23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and de- 
stroy them in their own malice; yea, the Lorp our God 
shall destroy them. ee 


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PMorning Prayer ee 
Psalm xcy. Vente, exultemus. 
COME, let us sing unto the Lorn; let us heartily re- 
joice in the strength of our salvation. 

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; 
and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 

3 For the Lorp is a great God; and a great King above 
all gods. 

4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the 
strength of the hills is his also. 

5 The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands pre- 
pared the dry land. 

6 O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel be- 
fore the Lorp our Maker. 

7 For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 

8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts 
as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the 
wilderness ; 

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw 


my works. 


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10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, 
and said, [t is a people that do err in their hearts, for they 
have not known my ways: 

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should 
not enter into my rest. + 


Psalm xcvi. Cantate Domino. 


@ SING unto the Lorp a new song; sing unto the Lorn, 
all the whole earth. 

2 Sing unto the Lorp, and praise his Name ; be telling 
of his salvation from day to day. 

3 Declare his honor unto the heathen, and his wonders 
unto all people. 

_ 4 For the Lorpis great, and cannot worthily be praised ; 
2 is more to be feared fhidn all gods. 

5 As for all the gods of the heathen they are but idols; 
but it is the Lorp that made the heavens. 

6 Glory and worship are before him; power and honor 
are in his sanctuary. 

7 Ascribe unto the Lorn, O ye kindreds of the people, 
ascribe unto the Lorp worship and power. 

8 Ascribe unto the Lorp the honor due unto his Name ; 
bring presents, and come into his courts. ; 

9 O Worship the Lorp in the beauty of holiness ; let the 
whole earth stand in awe of him. 

10 Tell it out-among the heathen, that the Lorp is King; ; 
and that it is he who ath made the round world so fast- 
that it cannot be moved; and how that he shall judge the 
people righteously. | 

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; 
let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is. 

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; then 
shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lorn. 

13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; 
and with righteousness to judge the world, and the tebple 
with his truth. 







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Psalm xevii. Dominus regnamt. 
FI\HE Lorn is King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, 
the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 

2 Clouds and darknessare roundabout him: righteous- 
ness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. 

3 There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his ene- 
mies on every side. 

4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world: the earth 
saw it, and was afraid. 

5 The hills melted like waxat the presence of the Lorn; 
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 

6 The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all 
the people have seen his glory. 

7 Confounded be all they that worship carved 1 images, 
and that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. _ ; 

8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and the daughters be 
Juda were glad, Seas of thy judgments, O Lorp. 

9 For eds ia art higher than all that are in the 
earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 

10 O ye that love the Lorp, see that ye hate the thing 
which is evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints ; 
he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 

11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and 
joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted 

12 Rejoice in the Lorp, ye righteous; and give thanks 
for a remembrance of his holiness. 


Boening Braver. 


Psalm xcviii. Cantate Domino. 


SING unto the Lorp a new song; for he hath done 
marvellous things. 
2 With his own right hand, and with his pe arm, hath 
he gotten himself the victory. 
3 The Lorp declared his salvation ; his: righteousness 
hath he openly showed in the sight of ‘the heathen. 
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4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the 
house of Israel; and all the ends of the world have seen 
the salvation of our God. 

5 Show yourselves joyful unto the Lorp, all ye lands; 
sing, rejoice, and give thanks. 

6 Praise the Lorp upon the harp ; sing to the harp with 
a psalm of thanksgiving. 

7 With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves 
joyful before the Lorp, the King. 

8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is ; the 
round world, and they that dwell therein. 

9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be 
joyful together before the Lorp; for he is come to judge 
“a earth. 

Vith righteousness shall he judge the world, and 
} the alee with equity. 


Psalm xcix. Dominus regnavt. 


HE Lorp is King, be the people never so impatient ; he 

* sitteth between the Cherubim, be the earth never so 
unquiet. 

2 The Lorp is great in Sion, and high above all people. 

3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name, which is 
great, wonderful, and holy. 

4 The King’s power loveth judgment; thou hast pre- 
pared equity, thou hast executed judgment and righteous- 
ness in Jacob. 

5 O magnify the Lorp our God, and fall down before his 
footstool ; for he is holy. 

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among 
such as call upon his Name: these called upon the Lorp, 
and he heard them. 

7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; for they 
kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them. 

8 Thou heardest them, O Lorp our God; thou forgavest 
them, O God, and pithishedist their own inventions. 

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9 O magnify the Lorp our God, and worship him upon 
his holy hill; for the Lorp our God is holy. 


Psalm c. Julilate Deo. 


BE joyful in the Lorp, all ye lands: serve the Lorp 
with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. 

2 Be ye sure that the Lorp he is God; it is he that hath 
made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and 
the sheep of his pasture. 

3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and 
speak good of his Name. 

4 For the Lorp is gracious, his mercy is everl ting ; 
and his truth endureth from generation to generation. 


Psalm ci. Misericordiam et judictum. 


M* song shall be of mercy and judgment; unto thee, 
O Lorp, will I sing. 

2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness! 

3 When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk in my 
house with a perfect heart. 

4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the sins 
of unfaithfulness; there shall no such cleave unto me. 

5 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not 
know a wicked person. 

6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I de- 
stroy. 

7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach, I 
will not suffer him. 

8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land, 
that they may dwell with me. 

9 Whoso leadeth a godly life, he shall e my servant. 

10 There shall no deceitful person dwell in my 
house ; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the 

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land; that I may root out all wicked doers from the city 
of the Lorp. 


THE TWENTIETH DAY. 
HAorning Praper. 
Psalm cii. Domine, exaudi. 


EAR my prayer, O Lorp, and let my crying come 
unto thee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble ; 
incline thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and 
that right soon. 

3 For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my 
bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 

4 heart is smitten down, and withered like grass; 
so that I forget to eat my bread. 

5 For the: voice of my groaning, my bones will scarce 
cleave to my flesh. 

6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like 
an owl that is in the desert. 

7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow, 
that sitteth alone upon the house-top. 

8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long; and they 
that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. 

9 ForI have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled 
my drink with weeping ; 

10 And that, because of thine indignation and wrath ; for 
thou hast taken me up, and cast me down. 

11 My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered . 
like grass. 

12 But thou, O Lorp, shalt endure for ever, and thy re- 
membrance throughout all generations. 

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion; for it 
is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is 
come. 

14 And why? thy servants think upon her stones, and 
it pitieth them to see her in the dust. 

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15 The heathen shall fear thy Nathe; O Lorn; and all 
the kings of the earth thy Majesty ; 

16 When the Lorp shall build up Sion, and when his 
glory shall appear ; 

17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor 
destitute, and despiseth not their desire. 

18 This shall be written for those that come after, and 
the people which shall be born shall praise the Lorp. 

19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary ; out of 
the heaven did the Lorn behold the earth ; 

20 That he might hear the mourning of such as are in 
captivity, and deliver the children appointed unto death ; 

21 That they may declare the Name of the Lorp in 
Sion, and his worship at Jerusalem ; 

22 When the people are gathered together, the 
kingdoms also, to serve the Lorn. 

23 He brought down my strength in my journey, and 
shortened my days. 

24 But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst 
of mine age; as for thy years, they endure throughout all 
generations. 

25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation 
of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 

26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: they all 
shall wax old as dotha garment; __ 

27 And asa vesture shalt thou change them, and they 
shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years 
shall not fail. 

28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their 
seed shall stand fast in thy sight. 


Psalm ciii. Benedic, anima mea. 


RAISE the Lorn, O my soul; and all that is within me, 
praise his holy Name. 

2 Praise the Lorp, O my soul, and forget not all his 
benefits : , 
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3 Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infir- 
mities ; 

4 Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth 
thee with mercy and loving-kindness ; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, making 
thee young and lusty as an eagle. 

6 The Lorp executeth righteousness and nem for 
all them that are oppressed aan wrong. 

7 He showed his ways unto Moses, his works unto the 
children of Israel. 

8 The Lorp is full of compassion and mercy, long-suffer- 
ing, and of great goodness. 

9 He will not alway be chiding; neither keepeth he his 
anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor re- 
warded us ‘according to our wickednesses. 

11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of 
the earth; so great is his mercy also toward them that 
fear him. 

12 Look how wide also the east is from the west; so 
far hath he set our sins from us. 

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children; even 
so is the Lorp merciful unto them that fear him. 

14 For he knoweth whereof we are made; he remem- 
bereth that we are but dust. 

15 The days of man are but as grass; for he flourisheth 
as a flower of the field. 

16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; and 
the place thereof shall know it no more. 

17 But the merciful goodness of the Lorp endureth for 
ever and ever upon them that fear-him ; and his righteous- 
ness upon children’s children ; 

18 Even upon such as keep his covenant, and think 
upon his commandments to do them. 

19 The Lorpv hath prepared his seat in heaven, and his 
kingdom ruleth over all. 

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20 O praise the Lorp, ye angels of his, ye that excel in 
strength; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken 
unto the voice of his word. 

21 O praise the Lorp, all ye his hosts; ye servants of 
his that do his pleasure. 

22 O speak good of the Lorp, all ye works of his, in all 
places of his dominion: praise thou the Lorn, O my soul. 


Grening Braver. 


Psalm civ. Benedic, anima mea. 


RAISE the Lory, O my soul: O Lorp my God, thou 
art become exceeding glorious ; thou art clothed with 
majesty and honor. 

2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a gare 
ment, and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, 
and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the 
wings of the wind. 

4 He maketh his angels spirits, and his ministérs a 
’ flaming fire. 

5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it never 
should move at any time. 

‘6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as ‘aaah a gare 
ment; the waters stand in the hills. 

7 At thy rebuke they flee; at the voice of thy thunder 
they are afraid. 

8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the val- 
leys beneath; even unto the place which thou hast ap- 
pointed for them. 

9 Thou ,hast set them their bounds, which they shall 
not pass, neither turn again to cover the earth. ~ 

10 He sendeth the springs into the riv ers, which run 
- among the hills. , 

11 All the beasts of the field drink thereof, and the wild 
asses ee their thirst. 

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12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their 
habitation, and sing among the branches. 

13 He watereth the hills from above ; the earth is filled 
with the fruit of thy works. 

14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle, and green herb 
for the service of men; 

15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine 
that maketh glad the heart of man; and oil to make him 
a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man’s 
heart. 

16 The trees of the Lorp also are full of sap; even the 
cedars of Libanus which he hath planted ; 

17 Wherein the birds make their nests; and the fir- 
trees are a dwelling for the stork. 

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and 
so are the stony rocks for the conies. 

19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons, and the 
sun knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night ; where- 
in all the beasts of the forests do move. . 

21 The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat 
from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, aid they get them away together, 
and lay them down in eh dens. 

23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labor, until 
the evening. 

24 O Lorp, how manifold are thy works! in ‘wisdom 
hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. 

25 So is the great aie wide sea also; wherein are 
things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 

26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan, 
whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give 
them meat in due season. 

28 When thou givest it them, they eae it; and when 
thou openest thy hand, they are filled with geod. 

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29 When thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : when 
thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned 
again to their dust. 

30 When thon lettest thy breath go farthi they shall be 
made; and thou shalt renew the foe of the earth. 

31 The glorious Majesty of the Lorp shall endure for 
ever; the Lorp shall rejoice in his works. 

32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him ; if he do 
but touch the hills, they shall smoke. 

33 I will sing unto the Lorp as long as [I live; I will 
praise my God while I have my being. 

34 And so shall my words please him: my joy shall be 
in the Lorp. 

35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the 
earth, and the ungodly shall come toan end. Praise thou 
the Lorp, O my soul. Praise the Lorp. 


THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY. 


FAorning Prayer. 
Psalm cy. Confitemint Domino. 
GIVE thanks unto the Lorp, and call upon his Name; 
tell the people what things he hath done. 


-2°O let your songs be of him, and praise him; and let 
your talking be of all his Tyoncrots works. 


3 Rejoice in his holy Name; let the heart of pam re- 


* joice that seek the Lorn. 

4 Seek the Lorp and his strength; seek his face ever- 
more. 

5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done; 
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 

6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob 
his chosen. | 

7 He is the Lorp our God; his judgments are in all the 
world. 

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8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and pro- 
mise, that he made to a thousand generations; 

9 Even the covenant that he’ made with Abraham ; and 
the oath that he sware unto Isaac; 

10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law, and 
to Israel for an everlasting testament ; 

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the 
lot of your inheritance: 

12 When there were yet but a few of them, and they 
strangers in the land ; 

13 What time as they went from one nation to another, 
from one kingdom to another people ; 

14 He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved 
even kings for their sakes ; 

15 Touch not mine Anointed, and do my prophets no 
harm. 

16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land, and 
destroyed all the provision of bread. 

17 But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph, 
who was sold to be a bond-servant ; 

18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks; the iron entered 
into his soul ; 

19 Until the time came that his cause was known: the 
word of the Lorp tried him. 

20 The king sent, and delivered him; the prince of the 
people let him go free. 

21 He made him lord also of his house, and ruler of all 
his substance ; 

22 That he might inform his princes after his will, and 
teach his senators wisdom. 

23 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob wasa stranger 
in the land of Ham. 

24 And he increased his people exceedingly, and made 
them stronger than their enemies ; | 

25 Whose heart turned so, that they hated bk people, 
and dealt untruly with his servants 

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26 Then sent he Moses his servant, and Aaron whom 
he had chosen. 

27 And these showed his tokens among them, and won- 
ders in the land of Ham. 

28 He sent darkness, and it was dark; and they were 
not obedient unto his word. 

29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth frogs; yea, even in their 
king’s chambers. 

31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of 
flies, and lice in all their quarters. 

32 He gave them hailstones for rain; and flames of fire 
in their land. 

33 He smote their vines also and fig-trees; and de- 
stroyed the trees that were in their coasts. 

34 He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and 
caterpillars innumerable, and did eat up all the grass in 
their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 

35 He smote all the first-born in their land; even the 
chief of all their strength. 

36 He brought them forth also with silver and gold; 
there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 

37 Egypt was glad at their departing; for they were 
afraid of them. | 

38 He spread out a cloud-to be a covering ; and fire to 
give light in the night-season. 

39 At their desire he brought quails; and he filled them 
with the bread of heaven. 

40 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed 
out, so that rivers ran in the dry places. 

41 For why? he remembered his holy promise; and 
Abraham his servant. 

42 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his 
chosen with gladness ; 

43 And gave them them the lands of the heathen; and 

they took the labors of the people in possession ; 
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44 That they might keep his statutes, and observe his 
laws. 
Bbening Prayer. 
Psalm evi. Confitemint Domino. 


GIVE thanks unto the Lorn; for he is gracious, and 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Who can express the noble acts of the Lorp, or show 
forth all his praise ? 

3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgment, and do 
righteousness. 

4 Remember me, O Lorp, according to the favor that 
thou bearest unto thy people; O visit me with thy salva- 
tion ; 

_ 5 That I may see the felicity of.thy chosen, and rejoice 
in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine 
inheritance. 

6 We have sinned with our fathers; we have done 
amiss, and dealt wickedly. 

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, nei-» 
ther kept they thy great goodness in remembrance; but 
were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red Sea. 

8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name’s sake, 
that he might make his power to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; sa 
he led them through the deep, as through a wilderness. 

10 And he saved them from the adversary’s hand, and 
delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 

11 As for those that troubled them, the waters over-— 
whelmed them ; there was not one of them left. 

12 Then believed ‘they his words, and sang praise unto 
him. 

13 But within a while they forgat his works, and would 
not abide his counsel. é 

14 But lust came upon them in the wilderness, and they 
tempted God in the desert. 


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15 And he gave them their desire, and sent leanness 
_ withal into their soul. 

16 They angered Moses also in the tents, and Aaron the 
saint of the Lorn. 

17 So the earth opened, and swallowed up: Dathan, and 
covered the congregation of Abiram. 

18 And the fire was kindled in their company ; the flame 
burnt up the ungodly. 

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the 
molten image. 

20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a 
calf that eateth hay. 

21 And they forgat God their Saviour, who had done so 
great things in Egypt ; 

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham; and fearful 
things by the Red Sea. 

23 So he said he would have destroyed them, had not 
Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap, to turn away 
his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them. 

24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land, and 
gave no credence unto his word ; 

_ 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto 
the voice of the Lorn. 

26 Then lift he up his hand against them, to overthrow 
them in the wilderness ; . 

27 To cast out their seed among the sare and to scat- 
ter them in the lands. 

28 They joined themselves unto Bual-peor, and ate the 
offerings of the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own in- | 
ventions; and the plague was great among them. 

30 Then stood Hp Phinees, and prayed ; and so the plague 

ceased. 

31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness, 
among all posterities for evermore. 3 ‘ 


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32 They angered him alsoat the waters of strife, so that | 
he punished Moses for their sakes ; 

33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake 
unadvisedly with his lips. 

34 Neither destroyed they the heathen, as the Lorp 
_commanded them ; 

35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned 
their works. 

36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, ohteh 
tnrned to their own decay; yea, they offered their sous 
and their daughters unto devils ; 

37 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of herr sons 
and of their daughters, herd they offered unto the idols 
of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood. 

38 Thus were they stained with their own works, and 
went a whoring with their own inventions. 

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lorn kindled against 
his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 

40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen ;’ 
and they that hated them were lords over them. 

41 Their enemies oppressed them, and had them in 
subjection. 

42 Many a time did he deliver them ; but they rebelled 
against him with their own inventions, and were brought 
down in their wickedness. 

43 Nevertheless, when he saw their*adversity, he heard 
their complaint. 

44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, ac- 
cording unto the multitude of his mercies; yea, he made 
all those that led them away captive to pity them. 

45 Deliver us, O Lorp our God, and gather us fiom 
among the heathen; that we may give thanks unto thy 
holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise. 

46 Blessed be the Lorp God of Israel, from everlasting, 
and world without end; and let all the people say, Amen. 


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THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY. 


PAorning Braver. 
Psalm evii. Confiteminit Domino. 


GIVE thanks unto the Lorn; for he is gracious, and 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Let them give thanks whom the Lorp hath redeemed, 
and delivered from the hand of the enemy ; 

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, 
and from the west; from the north, and from the south. 

4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way, 
and found no city to dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 

6 So they cried unto the Lorp in their trouble, and he 
delivered them from their distress. 

7 He led them forth by the right way, that they might 
go to the city where they dwelt. 

8 Othat men would therefore praise the Lorn for his 
goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the 
children of men ! 

9 For he satisfieth the empty soul, and filleth the hungry 
soul with goodness. 

10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, 
being fast bound in misery and iron; 

11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord, 
ani lightly regarded the counsel of the Most Highest: 

12 He also brought down their heart through heaviness: 
- they fell down, and there was none to help thein. 

13 So when they cried unto the Lorp in their trouble, he 
delivered them out of their distress. 

14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the 
shadow of death, and break their bonds in sunder. 

15 O that men would therefore praise the Lorn for his 
- goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the 
children of men! 

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16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten 
the bars of iron in sunder. 

17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence, and be- 
cause of their wickedness. 

18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they 
were even hard at death’s door. 

19 So when they cried unto the Lorp in their trouble, 
he delivered them out of their distress. 

20 He sent his word, and healed them; and they were 
saved from their destruction. 

21 O that men would therefore praise the Lorn for his 
goodness ; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the 
children of men! 

22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of 
thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness. 

23 They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy 
their business in great waters ; 

24 These men see the works of the Lorp, and his won-, 
ders in the deep. 

25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, which lift- 
eth up the waves thereof. 

26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again 
to the deep; their soul melteth away because’ of the 
trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken 
man, and are at their wit’s andl 

28 So when they cry unto the Lorp in their trouble, he 
delivereth them out of their distress. 

29 For he maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves 
thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest ; and so 
he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 

31 O that men would therefore praise the Lorp for his. 
goodness ; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the 


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32 That they, would exalt him also in the congregation| 
of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders! 

33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness, and drieth| 
up the water-springs. | 

34 A fruitful land maketh he barren, for the wickedness 
of them that dwell therein. | 

35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water 
and water-springs of a dry ground. 

36 And there he setteth the hungry, that they may build 
them a city to dwell in; 

37 That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards, 
to yield them fruits of increase. 

38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly ; > 
and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. | 

39 And again, when they are minished and brought low) 
through oppression, through any plague or trouble; | 

40 Though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through 
tyrants, and let them wander out of the way in the wilder-| 
ness; 

41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery, and maketh 
him households like a flock of sheep. | 

42 The righteous will consider this, and rejoice ; and| 
the mouth of fall wickedness shall be storined: 

43 Whoso is wise, will ponder these things; and they) 
shall understand ches loving-kindness of the Lorp. 


Bovening Praver. 
Psalm eviii. Paratum cor meum. 


O GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will 
sing, aha give praise with the best member that I have. 
2 Awake, thou lute and harp; I myself will awake right’ 
early. | 
3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lorn, among the peo- 
ple; I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 


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4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, and thy 
truth reacheth unto the clouds. , 

5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, and thy 
glory above all the earth ; 

6 That thy beloved may be delivered: let thy right 
hand save them, and hear thou me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice there- 
fore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Suc- 
coth. 

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine; Ephraim also 
is the strength of my head; 

9 Judah is my law-giver; Moab is my wash-pot; over 
Edom will I cast out my shoe; upon Philistia will [ tri- 
wmph. 

10 Who will lead me into the strong city? and who will 
bring me into Edom ? 

11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O God? and wilt not thou, 
O God, go forth with our hosts? 

12 O help us against the enemy: for vain is the help of 
man. ‘ 

13 Through God we shall do great acts; and it is he 
that shall tread down our enemies. 


Psalm cix. Deus laudum. 


q™ not thy tongue, O God of my praise; for the 
mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful 
is opened upon me. : 
2 And they have spoken against me with false tongues; 
they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and 
fought against me without a cause. 
3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now 
my contrary part; but I give myself unto prayer. 
4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred 
_ for my goodwill. 
__ 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him, and 
_ let Satan stand at his right hand. 
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* 6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be con- 


demned ; and let his prayer be turned into sin. 
7 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 
8 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 
9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread ; 
let them seek it also out of desolate places. 
10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath; and let 
the stranger spoil his labor. 
11 Let there be no man to pity him, nor to have com- 
“passion upon his fatherless children. 

12 Let his posterity be destroyed ; and in the next gene- 
ration let his name be clean put out. 

13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remem- 
brance in the sight of the Lorn; and let not the sin of his 
mother be done away. 

14 Let them alway be before the Lorp, that he may 
root ont the memorial of them from off the earth ; 

15 And that, because his mind was not to do good ; but 
persecuted he poor helpless man, that he might slay him 
that was vexed at the heart. 

16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto 
him; he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from 
him. 

17 He clothed himself with cursing like as with a rai- 
ment, and it shall come into his bowels like water, and 
like oil into his bones. 

18 Let it be unto him asthe cloak that he hath upon 
him, and as the girdle that he is always girded withal. 

19 Let it thus happen from the Lorp unto mine enemies, 
and to those that speak evil against my soul. 

20 But deal thou with me, O Lorp God, according unto 
thy Name; for sweet is thy mercy. 

21.0 deliver me, for 1 am helpless and poor, ang my 
heart is wounded within me. 

22 I go hence like the shadow that etl and am 

driven away as the grasshopper. 
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23 My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is 
dried up for want of fatness. ° 

24 [became also a reproach unto them : they that looked 
upon me shaked their heads. 

25 Help me, O Lorp my God; O save me according to 
thy mercy ; 

26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand, and 
that thou, Lorn, hast done it. 

27 Though they curse, yet bless thou; and let them be 
Snfounded that rise up against me; but let thy servant 
rejoice, 

28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; and 
let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as 
with a cloak. 

29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lorp 
with my mouth, and praise him among the multitude ; 

30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to 
save his soul from unrighteous judges. 


THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY. 
HMorning Praver. 
Psalm ex. Dixit Dominus. 
an Lorp said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 


until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

2 The Lorp shall send the rod of thy power out of 
Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine ene- 
mies. 

3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee 
free-will offerings with an holy worship: the dew of thy 
birth is of the wer of the morning. 

4 The Lorp sware, and will not repent, Thou art a 


Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedech. 


5 The Lord upon thy right hand shall wound even ee 
in the day of his wrath. 
46. He shall judge among the heathen ; he shall all the 
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places with the dead bodies, and smite in sunder the heads 
over divers countries. ‘ 

7 He shall drink of the brook in the ‘way; therefore 
shall he lift up his head. 


Psalm cxi. Confitebor tibi. 


WILL give thanks unto the Lorp with my whole heart, 

secretly among the faithful, and m the congregation. 

2 The works of the Lorp are great, sought out of all 
them that have pleasure therein. » 

3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honor, 
and his righteousness endureth for ever. 

4 The merciful and gracious Lorn hath so done his mar- 
vellous works, that they ought to be had in remembrance. 

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he shall 
ever be mindful of his covenant. 

6 He hath showed his people the power of his works, 
that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment ; all 
his commandments are true. 

8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in 
_ truth and equity. 

9 Hesent redemption unto his people; he hath com- 
manded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his 
Name. 

10 The fear of the Lorp is the beginning of wisdom; a 
good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the 
praise of it endureth for ever. . 


Psalm exii. Beatus vir. 


LESSED is the man that feareth the Lorp; he hath: 
great delight in his commandments. 
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation. 
of the faithful shall be blessed. 
3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house; and 
his righteousness endureth for ever. 
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4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness ; 
he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 

5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth; and will guide 
his words with discretion. 

6 For he shall never be moved: and the righteous shall 
be had in everlasting remembrance. 

7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings ; for his heart 
standeth fast, and believeth in the Lorn. 

8 His heart is stablished, and will not shrink, until he 
see his desire upon his enemies. 

9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor, and 
his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be 
exalted with honor. 

10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him; he 
shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away ; the desire 
of the ungodly shall perish. 


Psalm cxiii. Laudate, puert. 


0 eae the Lorp, ye servants; O praise the Name of 
the Lorn. 

2 Blessed be the Name of the Lorn from this time forth 
for evermore. 

3 The Lorp’s Name is praised from the rising Hp of the 
sun unto the going down of the same. 

4 The Lorp is high above all heathen, and his glory 
above the heavens. 


5 Who is like unto the Lorp our God, that hath his , 


dwelling so high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the 
things that are in heaven and earth! 

6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust, and ifteth 
the poor out of the mire ; 


7 That he may set fin with the princes, even with the 


princes of his people. 
8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to 
be a joyful mother of children. 
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Brbening Braver. 
Psalm ecxiv. In exitu Israel. 


‘THEN Israel came out of Egypt, and the house of Ja- 
cob from among the strange people. 

2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 

3 The sea saw that, and fled; Jordan was driven back. 

4 The mountains seiniced oe rams, and the little hills 
like young sheep. 

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? and 
thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? 

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? and ye 
little hills, like young sheep ? 

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lorn; at 
the presence of the God of Jacob ; 

8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water, and 
the flint-stone into a springing well. 


Psalm cxv. Non nobis, Domine. 


OT unto us, O Lorp, not unto us, but unto thy Name 
give the praise; for thy loving mercy, and for thy 
truth’s sake. 

2 Wherefore shall the heathen say, Where is now ee 
God ? 

3 As for our God, he is in heaven; he hath done what- 
soever pleased him. 

4 Their idols are silver and gold, even the work of men’s 
hands. 

5 They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, 
and see not. 

6 They have ears, and hear not; noses have they, and 
smell not. i 
_ 7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, _ 
and walk not; neither speak they through their throat. 

8 .They that make them are like unto them; and soare 
all such as put their trust in them. — 

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9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lorp; he 
is their succour and defence. 

10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lorn; he is 
their helper and defender. 

11 Ye that fear the Lory, put your trust in the Lorp ; 
he is their helper and defender. 

12 The Lorp hath been mindful of us, and he shall 
bless us; even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall 
bless the house of Aaron. 

13 He shall bless them that fear the “ene both small 

“and great. 

14 The Lorp shall increase you more and more, oO 
and your children. . 

15 Ye are the blessed of the Lorp, who made ioM en 
and earth. 

16 All the whole heavens is the Lorp’sthe earth hath 
he given to the children of men. 

17 The dead praise not thee, O Lorp, neither all they 
that go down into silence. 

18 But we will praise the Lor’, from this time forth for 
evermore. Praise the Lorp. 


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THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY. 
Sd 


: HHorning Braver. 
Psalm exvi. Dilexi, quoniam. 


AM well pleased that the Lorp hath heard the voice . 
of my prayer ; 

2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me ; therefore will 
I call upon him as long as [ live. 

3 The snares of death compassed me round about, and 
the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 

4 I'shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon 
the Name of the Lor»; O Lorn, I beseech thee, deliver 
my soul. 

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5 Gracious is the Hs and righteous; yea, our God is 
merciful. 

6 The Lorp preserveth the simple: I was in misery, 
and he helped me. 

7 Turn again then unto thy rest,O my soul; for the 
Lorp hath rewarded thee. 

8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death, 
mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 

9 I will walk before the Lorp in the land of the living. 

10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was 
sore troubled: I said in my haste, All men are liars. 

11 What reward shall I give unto the Lorp for all the 
benefits that he hath done unto me ? 

12 I will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the 
Name of the Lorp. 

13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his 
people: right dear in the sight of the Lorp is the death of 
his saints. 

14 Behold, O Lorn, how that Iam thy servant ; Iam 


thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid ; thou hast Dives | 


my bonds in sunder. 


15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and 


will call upon the Name of the Lorp. 
16 I will pay my vows unto the Lorp, in the sight of all 


his people, in the courts of the Lorp’s house ; even in the 


midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lorn. 


Psalm exvii. Laudate Dominum.- 
PRAISE the Lorp, all ye heathen; praise him, all ye 
nations. 

2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more to- 
wards us; and the truth of the Lorp endureth for ever. 
Praise the Lorp. 

Psalm exviii. Confitemint Domino. 
GIVE thanks unto the Lorp, for he is gracious; be- 


cause his mercy endureth for ever. 
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Day 24. THE PSALTER. M. P, 


2 Let Israel now confess that he is gracious, and that 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

3 Let the house of Aaron now confess, that his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lorp confess, that 
his mercy endureth for ever. ; 

5 I called upon the Lorp in trouble ; and the Lorp heard 
me at large. 

6 The Lorn is on my side; I will not fear what man 
doeth unto me. 

7 The Lorp taketh my part with them that help me 
therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies. __ 

8 It is better to trust in the Lorp, than to put any 
dence in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the Lorp, than to put any confi- 

' dence in princes. YA 

10 All nations compassed me round about; but in the 
Name of the Lorp will I destroy them. 

11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I 
say, on every side; but in the Name of the Lorp will I de- 
stroy them. 

12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even 
as the fire among the thorns; for in the Name of the Lorp- 
I will destroy them. , 

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall; but — 
the Lorp was my help. : 

14 The Lorn is my strength, and my song; and is be- 
come my salvation. 

15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the 
righteous; the right hand of the Lorp bringeth mighty 
things to pass. 

16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence; the 
right hand of the Lorp bringeth mighty things to pass. 

17 1 shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the 
Lorp. 


















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18 The Lorp hath chastened and corrected me; but he 
hath not given me over unto death. 

19 Open me the gates of righteousness, that I may go 
into them, and give thanks unto the Lorp. 

20 This is the gate of the Lorp, the righteous shall enter 
into it. 

21 I will thank thee; for thou hast heard me, and art 
become my salvation. 

22 The same stone which the builders refused, is be- 
come the head-stone in the corner. 

3 This the Lorp’s doing, and it is marvellous in our 






lel me now, O Lorn: O Lorp, send us now pros- 


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perity. ei 
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Nameof the Lorp: 
_ we have wished you good luck, ye that are of the house 
~ of the Lorp. 
_ 27 God is the Lorp, who hath showed us light: bind 
the sacrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the 
altar. 

28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee; thou art 
_my God, and I will praise thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lorn; for he is gracious, and 
his mercy endureth for ever. 


Brening Prayer. 


Psalm ecxix. Beati immaculati. 


LESSED are those that are undefiled in the way, and 


walk in the law of the Lorp. 


2 Blessed are they that keep his bsaticant ea and seek — 


him with their whole heart. 
_ 3 For they who do no wickedness, walk in his ways. 


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4 Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy 
commandments. 

5 O that my ways were ma so direct, that I might 
keep thy statutes! 

6 So shall I not be confounded, while I have respect 
unto all thy commandments. 

7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I 
shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness. 

8 I will keep thy ceremonies; O forsake me not utterly. 


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In quo corriget ? | 
HEREWITHAL shall a young man cle nse his way ? 
even by ruling himself after thy wor tm ey 
2 With my whole heart have I sought thee ; xe) let: me 
not go wrong out of thy commandments! 
3 Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should 
. not sin against thee. 
4 Blessed art thou, O Lorn; O teach me thy atatutes' 
5 With my lips have | been ‘eee of all the judgments 
of thy mouth. 
6 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimo- 
nies, as in all manner of riches. 
7 I will talk of thy commandments, and have respect 
unto thy ways. 





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8 My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will not 


forget thy word. 


Retribue servo tuo. 


¢ DO well unto thy servant; that I may live, and keep 
: thy word. 
2 Open thou mine eyes; that I may see the wondrous 
things of thy law. 
3 IT amastranger upon earth; O hide not thy command- 
ments from me! c 
4 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that 
: _ it hath alway unto thy judgments. | 
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5 Thou hast rebuked the proud; and .cursed are they 
that do err from thy commandments. 

6 O turn from me shame and rebuke; for] have kept 
thy testimonies. 

7 Princes also did sit and speak against me; but thy 
servant is occupied in thy statutes. 

8 For thy testimonies are my delight, arid my counsel- 
lors. 


‘Adhesit pee tS: 


“Y soul cleaveth to the dust; O quicken thou me, ac- 


cording to thy word. 

2 IL have eiiowledsed my ways, and thou heardest 
“me: O teach me thy statutes ! 

3 Make me to understand the way of thy command- 
ments; and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 

4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort 
thou me according unto thy word. 

5 Take from me the way of lying, and cause thou me 
to make much of thy law. 

6 Ihave chosen the way of truth, and thy judgments 
have I laid before me. 

7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies ; O Lorp, confound 
me not ! ; 

8 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou 


hast set my heart at liberty. 


THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. 


PAorning Prayer. 
Legem pone. 


A aati me, O Lorp, the way of thy statutes, and I shall 


keep it unto the end. 
2 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; 
yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. 
3 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; 
for therein is my desire. 
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4 Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to 
covetousness. 

5 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity ; and 
quicken thou me in thy way. 

6 O stablish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear 
thee. ae 
7 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of; for thy 
judgments are good. 

8 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O 
quicken me in thy Paitin cas: 


<8 
. Et veniat super me. ‘ 


ET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lorp, even 
thy salvation, according unto thy word. 

2 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers; for my 
trust is in thy word. 

3 O'take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my 
mouth; for my hope is in thy judgments. 

4 §o shall I alway deer thy law; yea, for ever and 
ever. 

5 And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy command- 
ments. 

6 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, 
and will not be ashamed. 

7 And my delight shall be in thy commandments, which 
I have loved. 

8 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, 
which I have loved; and my study shall be in thy apesise 


Memor esto servi tut. 

() THINK upon thy servant, as concerning thy word, 

wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. 

2 The same is my comfort in my trouble; for thy word 
a quickened me. 

3 The proud have had me Seoeede in derision , yet 

have I not shrinked from thy law. 

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4 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, O 
Lorp, and received comfort. 

5 Iam horribly afraid, for the ungodly that forsake thy 
law. 

6 Thy statutes have been my songs, in the house of my 
pilgrimage. 

7 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lorp, in the night- 
season, and have kept thy law. 

8 This I had, because'I kept thy commandments. 


Portio mea, Domine. 


HOU art my portion, O Lorp; I have promised to keep 

thy law. 

2 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my 
whole heart; O be merciful unto me, according to thy 
word. 

3 I called mine own ways to remembrance, and*urned 
my feet unto thy testimonies. 

4 I made haste, and prolonged not the time, to keep thy 
commandments. 

5 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me; 
but I have not forgotten thy law. 

6 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, be- 
cause of thy righteous piatnents. 

7 Iam a companion of all them that fear thee, and keep 
thy commandments. 

8 The earth, O Lorp, is full of thy mercy: O teach me 
thy statutes! 


Bonitatem fecisti. 


LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant, 
according unto thy word. 
2 Glearn me true understanding and knowledge; for I 
have believed thy commandments. 
3 Before I was troubled, | went wrong; but now have 
I kept thy word. 
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Day 25. THE PSALTER. ns 


4 Thou art good and gracious; O teach me thy statutes ! 

5 The proud have imagined a lie against me; but [ will 
keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 

6 Their heart is as fat as brawn; but my delight hath 
been in thy law. 

7 It is good for me that I have heen in trouble; that I 

may learn thy statutes. 

8 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thousands 
of gold and silver. 


Hbvening PBraver. 
Manus tue fecerunt me. 


HY hands have made me and fashioned me: O give me 

undersranding, that I may learn thy commandments. 

2 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; 
because I have put my trust in thy word. 

3 I know, O Lorp, that thy judgments are right, and 

that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. 

4 Let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according 


to thy word unto thy servant. 


5 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may 
live ; for thy law is my delight. 

6 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly 
about to destroy me; but I will be occupied in thy com- 
mandments. 

7 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimo- 
nies, be turned unto me. 

8 O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not 
ashamed. 


Deficit anima mea. 


Y soul hath longed for thy salvation, and I ia a good 
hope because of thy word. 
2 Mine eyes jong sore for thy word; saying, O when 
wilt thou cornfort me ? 
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3 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet dol 
not forget thy statutes. 

4 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt 
thou be avenged of them that persecute me # 

5 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not 
after thy law. 

6 All thy commandments are true: they persecute me 
falsely ; O be thou my help. 

7 They had almost made an end of meupon earth; but 
I forsook not thy commandments. 

8 O quicken me after thy loving-kindness ; and so shall 
I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. 


In aternum, Domine. 


LORD, thy word endureth for ever in heaven. 

2 Thy truth also remaineth fromm one generation to 
another ; thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it 
abideth. 

3 They continue this day according to thine ordinance; 
for all things serve thee. 

4 If my delight had not been in thy law, I should have 
perished in my trouble. 

5 I will never forget thy commandments ; for with them 
thou hast quickened me. 

6 Tam thine: O save me, forI have sought thy com- 
_ mandments. 

7 The ungodly laid wait for me, to destroy me; but I 
will consider thy testimonies. 

8 I see that all things come to an end; but thy com- 
mandment is exceeding broad. 


Quomodo dilexi! 


ORD, what love have [ unto thy law! all the day long ~ 
is my study in it. 
2 Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me 
wiser than mine enemies ; for they are ever with me. 
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3 I have more understanding than my teachers ; for thy 
testimonies are my study. 

4 Iam wiser than the aged; because I keep thy com- 
mandments. 

5 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I 
may keep thy word. 

6 I have not shrunk from thy judgments ; for thou teach- 
est me. 

7 O how.sweet are thy words unto my ei yea, 
sweeter than honey unto my mouth! 

8 Through thy commandments I get anienpueiiiia: 
therefore I hate all evil ways. 


THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY. 
HAorning Braver. 
Lucerna pedibus meis. 


aa word is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my 
paths. 

2 I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed, to keep 
thy righteous judgments. 

3 Iam troubled above measure: quicken me, O Lorp, 
according to thy word. 

4 Let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee, 
O Lorn: and teach me thy judgments. 

5 My soul isalway in my hand; yet doI not forget thy law. 

6 The ungodly have laid a snare for me; but yet I. 
swerved not from thy commandments. 

7 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for 
ever; and why? they are the very joy of my heart. 

8 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway, 
even unto the end. 


Iniquos odio habut. 


HATE them that imagine evil things; but thy law do 
I love. 
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2 Thou art my defence and shield; and my trust is in 
thy word. } 

3 Away from me, ye wicked; I will keep the command- 
ments of my God. 

4 O stablish me according to thy word, that I may live ; 
and let me not be disappointed of my hope. 

5 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; yea, my delight 
shall be ever in thy statutes. 

6 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy 
statutes ; for they imagine but deceit. 

7 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like 
dross; therefore I love thy testimonies. 

8 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid 
of thy judgments. 


Feci L judicium. 


DEAL with the thing that is lawful and right; O give 
me not over unto mine oppressors ! 
2 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is 
good, that the proud do me no wrong. 
3 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy 
health, and for the word of thy righteousness. 
4 O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving 
mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 
5 Iam thy servant; O grant me understanding, that I 
may know thy testimonies. 
6 It is time for thee, Lorn, to lay to thine hand; for 
they have destroyed thy law. 
7 For I love thy commandments above gold and precious 
stones. 
8 Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments; and 
- all false ways I utterly abhor. | 


Mirabilia. 
4 a testimonies are wonderful ; therefore doth wit soul 


oe them. 
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2 When thy word goeth forth, it giveth ight and under- 
standing unto the simple.” 

3 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath; for my 
delight was in thy commandments. 

4 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as 
thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. 

5 Order my steps in thy word ; and so shall no wicked- 
ness have dominion over me. 

6 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men ; and 
so shall I keep thy commandments. 

7 Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, 
and teach me thy statutes. 

8 Mine eyes gush out with water, because men keep 
not thy law. | 

Justus es, Domine. 
IGHTEOUS art thou, O Lorn; and true is thy judg- 
ment. 

2 The testimonies that thou hast commanded are ex- — 
ceeding righteous and true. 

3 My zeal hath even consumed me ; because mine ene- 
mies have forgotten thy words. 

4 Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and thy servant 
loveth it. 

5 Iam small and of no reputation; yet do I not forget. 
thy commandments. 

6 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and 
thy law is the truth. 

7 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me; yet 
is my delight in thy commandments. 

8 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting : 
O grant me understanding, and I shall live. 


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Gbening Prayer. 


+ Clamani in tote corde meo. 


T CALL with my whole heart ; hear me, O Lorn; I will 


+ keep thy statutes. 
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2 Yea, even unto thee do I call; help me, and I shall’ 
keep he testimonies. 

3 Early in the morning do I ery unto thee; for in thy 
word is my trust. 

4 Mine eyes prevent the night watches; that I might 
be occupied in thy words. 

5 Hear my voice, O Lorn, according unto thy loving- 
kindness ; quicken me, according as thou art wont. 

6 They draw nigh that of malice persecute rae, and are. 
far from thy law. 

7 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lorn; for all thy command- 
ments are true. 

8 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long 
since, that thou hast grounded them for ever. 


Vide humilitatem. 


CONSIDER mine adversity, and deliver me, for I do 
not forget thy law. 
2 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me; quicken me 
according to thy word. 
3 Health is far from the ungodly; for they regard not 
thy statutes. 
4 Great is thy mercy, O Lorp; quicken me, as thou art 
wont. 
5 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me} 
yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. 
6 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors; because 
they keep not thy law. ¥ 
‘7 Consider, O Lorp, how I love thy commandments; O 
quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness. 
8 Thy aly is true from everlasting ; all the judgments 
of thy righteousness endure for evermore. 


Principes persecutt sunt. 


RINCES have persecuted me without a cause; but my 
heart standeth in awe of thy word. 





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2 lamas glad of thy word, as one that findeth great 


spoils. 

3 As for lies, I hate and abhor them ; but thy law do I 
love. 

4 Seven times a day dol praise thee ; because of thy 
righteous judgments. 

5 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law ; 
and they are not offended at it. 

6 Lorp, I have looked for thy saving health, and done 
after thy Goins aie ct! 

7 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and loved them 
exceedingly. 

8 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies; for 
all my ways are before thee. 


\  Appropinguet deprecatio. 
ET my complaint come before thee, O Lorp; give me 
understanding according to thy word. 
2 Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me 
according to thy word. 
3 My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast 
taught me thy statutes. 


4 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word; for all thy © 


commandments are righteous. 

5 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy com- 
mandments. 

6 I have longed for thy saving health, O Lorn; and in 
oF law is my delight. 

let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and thy 

cats shall help me. 

8 Ihave gone astray like a sheep that is lost; O seek 
thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. 


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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY. 
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PAorning Braver. f 
Psalm exx. Ad Dominum. 


HEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lorp, and he 
heard me. Me 

2 Deliver my soul, O Lorn, from lying lips, and from a 
deceitful tongue. 

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou 
false tongue? even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot 
burnifg coals. 

4 Woe is me, that Iam constrained to dwell with Me- 
sech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! 

5 My soul hath long et among them that are ene- 
mies unto peace. ¢ 

6 I labor for peace; but when I speak unto them there- 

of, they make them ready to battle. 


Psalm exxi. Levavi oculos meos. 


' WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence 
cometh my help. 

2 My help cometh even from the “Lorp, who hath made 
heaven and earth. 

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved ; and he that 
keepeth thee will not sleep. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber 
“nor sleep. 

5 The Lorp himself is thy keeper; the Lorp is thygde- 
fence upon thy right hand ; 
_ 6 So that the sun shall wat burn thee by day, neither the 
moon by night. 

7 The Lorp shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is 
even he that shall keep thy soul. 

8 The Lorp shall preserve thy going out, and thy com-_ 
ing in, from this time forth for evermore. 


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Psalm exxii. Letatus sum. . 
WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go into the 
house of the Lorp. 
2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. 
3 Jerusalem is built asa city that is at unity in itself. 
4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the 
Lorp, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name 
_ of taLonn: ee 
5 For there is the seat of jadgment, even the seat of the 
house of David. 
6-O pray forthe peace of Jerusalem ; they shall prosper 
that love thee. 
7 Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within 
- thy palaces. 
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, will wish 
¥ thee prosperity. 
9 Yea, because of the house of the Lorp our God, I will: 
seek to-do thee good. > 


Psalm exxui. Ad te levavi oculos meos. 


NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O That thou dwellest in 
the heavens. 

2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the 
hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto 
the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the 
Lorp our God, until he have mercy od 

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lorp, have mercy upon us; - 
for we are utterly despised. . 

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the weal- 
thy, and with the despitefulness of the proud. 


Psalm exxiv. Nisi quia Dominus. 


F the Lorp himself had not been on our side, now may 
Israel say; if the Lorp himself had not been on our 
side, when men rose up against us ; 
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2 They had swallowed us up quick; when they were 
sO ) wrathfully displeased at us. 

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had 
gone over our soul. 

4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our 
soul. 

5 But praised be the Lorp, who hath not given us over 
for a prey unto their teeth. 

6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of 
the fowler; the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 

7 Our help standeth in the Nain of the Lorp, who hath 
made heaven and earth. 

Psalm exxv. Qui confidunt. 


HEY that put their trust in the Lorp shall ‘be even as 
the Mount Sion, which may not be removed, but stand- 
eth fast for ever. * 

2 The hills stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth 
the Lorp round about his people, from this time forth for 
evermore. 

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of 
the righteous; lest the righteous put their hand unto wick- 
edness. 

4 Do well, O Lorp, unto these that are good and true of 
heart. 

5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, 
the Lorp shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but 
peace shall be upon Israel. 

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Ghening Prayer. 


Psalm exxvi. In convertendo. 


‘THEN the Lorp tumed again the captivity of Sion, 
then were we like unto them that dream. 
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our 
tongue with joy. 
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Day 27. THE PSALTER. ." P. 


3 Then said they among the heathen, The Lorp hath 
done great things for theme 

4 Yea, the Lorp had dete, great things for us already ; 
whereof we rejoice. “ 

5 Turn our captivity, O Lor», as the rivers in the south. 

6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 

7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth 
forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and 


‘bring his sheaves with him. 


Psalm exxvii. Nist Dominus. 


XCEPT the Lorn build the house, their labor is but 
lost that build it. 

2 Except the Lory keep the i a watchman waketh 
but in vain. 

3 It is but lost labor that ye mY to rise up early, and 
so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness; for so 
he giveth his belowall sleep. 

4 Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb, are an heri- 
tage and gift that cometh of the Lorp. 

5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so 
are the young children. 

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; 
they shail not be ashamed when they speak with their 
enemies in the gate. 


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Psalm exxvili. Beati omnes. 


B SED are all they that fear the Lorp, and walk in 
is Ways. 

2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands: O well is 
thee, and happy shalt thou be! 

3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls 
of thine house. 

4 Thy children like the olive-branches round about thy 
table. 


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5 Lo, thus shali the man be blessed that feareth the 
Lorp. 

6 The Lorp from out of Sion shall so bless thee, that 
thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. 

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children’s children, and 
peace upon Israel. 


Psalm cxxix. Sepe expugnaverunt. 
i | ANY a time have they fought against me from my 


youth up, may Israel now say: 

2 Yea munya time have they vexed me from my youth 
up; but they have not prevailed against me. 

3 The plowers plowed upon my back, and ‘made long 
furrows. 

4 But the righteous Lorp hath hewn the snares of the 
ungodly in pieces | 

5 Let them be confounded and turned backward, as 
many as haye evil will at Sion. 

6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house- 
tops, which withereth afore it be plucked up; 

7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither he 
that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom. 

8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lorp 
prosper you; we wish you good luck in the Name of the 
Lorp. 

Psalm exxx. De profundis. 

UT of the deep have I called unto thee,O Lorn; Lorp, 

hear my voice. 

2 OQ let thine ears consider well the voice of my com- 
plaint. 

3 If thou, Lorp, wilt be extreme to mark what is done 
amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? 

4 For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be 
feared. 

5 I look for the Lorp; my soul doth wait for him; in 
his word is my trust. ‘ 

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6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning 
watch; I say, before the morning watch. 

7 O Israel, trust in the Lorp; for with the Lorp there 
is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins. 


Psalm cxxxi. Domine, non est. 


ORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks. 
2 I do not exercise myself in great matters which are 
too high for me. 

3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, hike as a child 
that is weaned from his mother: yea, my soul is evenasa 
weaned child. "ek 

4 O Israel, trust in the Lorp from this time forth for 


evermore. 


THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY. 


Morning Praper. 
Psalm exxxii. Memento, Domine. 


ORD, remember David, and all his trouble: 
2 How he sware unto the Lorp, and vowed a vow 
unto the Almighty God of Jacob ; 

3 I will not come within the tabenideld of mine house, 
nor climb up into my bed; 

4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids 
to slumber; neither the temples of my head to take any 
rest 5 

5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lorn; 
an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 

6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in 
the lagi 

7 We will go into his tabernacle, and fall low on our 
knees before his footstool. 

_ 8 Arise, O Lorn, into thy resting-place ; thou, and the 
ark of thy strength. 


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9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and 
let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 

10 For thy servant David’s sake, tur not away the 
presence of thine Anointed. 

11 The Lorp hath made a faithful oath unto David, and 
he shall not shrink from it ; 

12 Of the fruit of thy body shall I set upon thy seat. 

13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my tes- 
timonies that I shall learn them; their children also shall 
sit upon thy seat for evermore. 

14 For the Lorp hath chosen Sion to be an_ habitation 
for himself; he hath longed for her. 

15 This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for 
Ihave a delight therein. 

16 I will bless her victuals with increase, and will satisfy 
her poor with bread. 

17 I will deck her priests with health, and her saints 
shall rejoice and sing. 

18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish: I 
have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 

19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame j 
but upon himself shall his crown flourish. 


Psalm cxxxiil, Ecce quam, bonum! 


EHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to 

dwell together in unity ! 

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that 
ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron’s boas and 
went down to the skirts of his clothing. 

3 Like as the dew of Hermon, araste fell upon the hill 
of Sion. 

4 For there the Lorn promised his blessing, and life for 
evermore. 
Psalm exxxiv. Ecce nune. 


Liver now, praise the Lorp, all ye servants of the 


Lorp ; . 


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2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lorp, even 
in the courts of the house of our God. 

3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the 
Lorp. 

4 The Lorp, that made heaven and earth, give thee 
blessing out of Sion. 


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Psalm exxxv. Laudate Nomen. 


PRAISE the Lorp, laud ye the name of the Lorp; 
praise it, O ye servants of the Lorp ; 

2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lorp, in the courts 
of the house of our God. 

3 O praise the Lorn, for the Lorp is gracious; O sing 
praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 

4 For why? the Lorp hath chosen Jacob unto himself, 
and Israel for his own possession. 

5 For I know that the Lorp is great, and that our Lord 
is above all gods. 

6 Whatsoever the Lorp pleased, that did he in heaven, 
and in earth; in the sea, and in all deep places. 

7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the 
world, and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing 
the winds out of his treasures. 

8 He smote the first-born, of Egypt, both of man and 
beast. 

9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of 
thee, O thou land of Egypt; upon Pharaoh, and all his 
servants. 

10 He smote divers nations, and slew mighty kings; 

11 Sehon, king of the Amorites; and Og, the king of 
Basan ; and all the kingdoms of Canaan ; 

12 And gave their land to be an heritage, even an heri- 

__ tage unto Israel his people. 
13 Thy Name, O Lorp, endureth for ever; so doth thy 
memoria O Lorp, from one generation to another. 
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Day 28. THE PSALTER. EYP. 


14 For the Lorn will avenge his people, and be gracious 
r. unto his servants. 
, 15 As for the images of the heathen, theyare but silver 
and gold; the work of men’s hands. 
16 They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, 
but they see not. 
' 17 They have ears, and yet they hear not; neither is 
there any breath in their mouths. 
18 They that make them are like unto them; and so 
* are all they that put their trust in them. 
19 Praise the Lorp, ye house of Israel; praise the Lorn, 
ye house of Aaron. 
| 20 Praise the Lorn, ye house of Levi; ye that fear the 
Lorp, praise the Lorp. 
) 21 Praised be the Lorn outof Sion, who dwelleth at Je- 
rusalem. 


Ghrening Prayer. 
Psalm cxxxvi. Confitemina Domino. 


GIVE thanks unto the Lorn, for he is gracious ; and 
his mercy endureth for ever. 
2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods: for his mercy 


endureth for ever. | - 
3 O thank the Lord of all lords: for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 


4 Who only doeth great wonders: for his mercy endu- 

reth for ever. 
°5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the heavens: for 

his mercy endureth for ever. 

6 Who laid out the earth above the waters: for his mer- 
cy endureth for ever. 

7 Who hath made great lights: for his mercy endureth — 
for ever. ' 

8 The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for 


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9 The moon and the stars to govern the night: for his 
mercy erdureth for ever. 
10 Who smote Egypt, with their first-born: for his mer- 
cy endureth for ever: 
‘11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. ' 
12 With a mighty hand and stretched-out arm: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 
13 Who divided the Red Sea in two parts: for his mercy 
endureth for ever: 
14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it: for 
_ his mercy endureth for ever. 
15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them 
in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 
16. Who led his people through the wilderness: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 
_ 17 Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for 
ever " 
18 Yea, and slew mighty kings: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 
19 Sehon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 
20 And Og, the king of Basan: for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 
21 And gave away their land for an heritage: for his 
mercy endureth for ever: 
22 Even for an heritage unto Israel, his servant: for his © 
mercy endureth for ever. 
23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble: for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 
24 And hath delivered us from our enemies: for his 
mercy endureth for ever. 
25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for hismercy endureth 
5 for ever. 


26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for tis mercy 
‘endureth for ever. 





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Day 28, THE PSALTER. BPP. 


27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords: for his mercy 
y endureth for ever. 


Psalm cxxxvii. Super flumina. 


Pe the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when 
fe remembered thee, O Sion. 
As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees 
that are therein. 
3 For they that led us away captive, required of us then 
ad a song, and melody in our heaviness: Sing us one of the 
songs of Sion. 
4 How shall we sing the Lorp’s song in a strange land? 
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget 
| her cunning. 
, 6 If1 do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to 
| the roof of my mouth; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my 
| mirth. 

7 Remember the children of Edom, O Lorp, in the day 
of Jerusalem ; how they said, Down with it, down with it, 
even to the ground. 

8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery; yea, 
happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served 
us. 

9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and 

_ throweth them against the stones. 


Psalm exxxviii. Confitebor tibi. 
WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole 
heart ; even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 

2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy 
Name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth ; for thou 
hast magnified thy Name, and thy Word, above all things. — 

3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me ; and en- | 





duedst my soul with much strength. oe 

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lorn; 

for they have heard the words of thy mouth. oT eae 
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Day 29. THE PSALTER. M. P. 


5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lorp, that 
great is the glory of the Lorp. 

6 For though the Lorp be high, yet hath he respect for 
the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them atar off. 

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou 
refresh me; thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the 
furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save 
me. 

8 The Lorp shall make good his loving-kindness toward 
me; yea, thy mercy, O Lorp, endureth for ever; despise 
not then the works of thine own hands. 


THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY. 
HAorning Braver. 


Psalm cxxxix. Domine, probastt. 


LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me. 
Thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising 5 
thou understandest my thoughts long before. 
2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed; and 
spiest out all my ways. 
3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O 
Lorp, Iknowest it altogether. 
4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid 
thine hand upon me. 
5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for 
me ; I cannot attain unto it. 
6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither 
shall I go then from thy presence ? - 
7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down: 
to hell, thou art there also. 
8 If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the 
uttermost parts of Hs sea ; 


9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me, and. thy right 


4 hand shall hold me. 






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10 If T say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, 
then shall my night be turned to day. 

11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the 
nivht is as clear asthe day; the darknessand light to thee 
are both alike. 

12 For my reins are thine; thou hast covered me in my 
mother’s womb. 

13 [ will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and 
wonderfuliy made: marvellous are thy works, and that 
my soul knoweth right well. 

14 My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made 
secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. 

15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imper- 
fect; and in thy book were all my members written ; 

16 Which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there 
was none of them. 

17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God; O how 
great is the sum of them! 

18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the 
sand: when I wake up, I am present with thee. 

19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked,O God? Depart from 
me, ye blood-thirsty men. 

20 For they speak unrighteously against thee ; and thine 
enemies take thy Name in vain. 

21 Do not I hate them, O Lorp, that hate thee? and 
am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee ? 

22 Yea, I hate them right sore: even as though they 
‘were mine enemies. 

23 Fry me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart; 
prove me, and examine my thoughts. 

24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me}; __ 
and lead me in the way everlasting. 


Psalm exl. Eripe me, Domine. 


ELIVER me, O Lorn, from the evil man; and preserve ‘ 


me from the Ricked man ; 
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2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife 
all the day long. 

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; 
adder’s poison is under their lips. 

4 Keep me, O Lorp, from the hands of the ungodly; 
preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to 
overthrow my goings. 

5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net 
abroad with cords; yea, and set traps in my way. 

6 I said unto the Lorn, Thou art my God, hear the voice 
of my prayers, O Lorp. . 

7: O Lory God, thou strength of my health; thou hast 
covered my head in the day of battle. 

8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lorn; let not 
his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. 

9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head 
of them that compass me about. 

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them; let them be 
cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up 
again. 

11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the 
earth: evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow 
him. 

12 Sure I am that the Lorn will avenge the poor, and 
maintain the cause of the helpless. 

13 The righteous also shall give thanks untothy Name ; 
and the just shall continue in thy sight. 


Psalm exh. Domine, clamavi. 


ORD, I call upon thee; haste thee unto me, and con- 

sider my voice, when I cry unto thee. 

2 Let my prayer be set forthin thy sight as the incense ; 
and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sac- 
TiROR Ti 

+ 3 Set a watch, O Lorn, before my mouth, and keep the 
_ door of my lips. 
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4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing; let | 


me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that 
work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them. 

5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly, and re- 
prove me. 

6 But let not their precious balms break my head ; yea, 
I will pray yet against their wickedness. 

7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places, that 
they may hear my words; for they are sweet. 

8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit, like as when 
one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth. 


9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lorp God; in thee — 


is my trust; O cast not out my soul. 


10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, | 


and from the traps of the wicked doers. 
11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, and 
let me ever escape them. 


vening Braver. 


Psalm exlii. Voce mea ad Dominum. 


~ CRIED unto the Lorp with my voice; yea, even unto | 


the Lorp did I make my supplication. 

2 I poured out my complaints before him, and showed 
him of my trouble. 

3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou knewest my 
path; in the way wherein I walked, have they privily laid 
a snare for me. 

4 I looked also upon my right hand, and saw there was 
no man that would know me. 

5 I had no place to flee unto, and no man cared for my 
soul. 

6 I cried unto thee, O Lorn, and said, Thou art my 
hope, and my portion im the land of the living. 

7 Consider my complaint; for I am brought very low. 


8 O deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too. 


strong for me. 


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9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks 
unto thy Name; which thing if thou wilt grant me, then 
shall the righteous resort unto my company. 


Psalm exlii. Domine, exaudt. 


if aes my prayer, O Lorn, and consider my desire; 
hearken unto me, for thy truth and HalibortenGes! 
sake. 

2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in 
thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath 
smitten my life down to the ground; he hath laid me in 
the darkness, as the men that have been long dead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, and my heart 
within me is desolate. 

5 Yet dol remember the time past: I muse upon all 
thy works; yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy 
hands. 

6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul gaspeth 
unto thee as a thirsty land. 

7 Hear me, O Lorn, and that soon; for my spirit wax- 
eth faint: hide not thy face from ike, lest I be like unto 
them that go down into the pit. 

8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morn- 
ing; for in thee is my trust: show thou me the way that 
I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 

9 Deliver me, O Lorn, from mine enemies; for I flee 
unto thee to hide me. 

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for 
thou art my God: let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into 
the land of righteousness. 
11 Quicken me, O Lorn, for thy Name’s sake ; and for 
_ thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. 
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THE THIRTIETH DAY. 


Miorning Praver. 
Psalm exliv. Bencedictus Dominus. 


LESSED be the Lorp my strength, who teacheth my 
hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 

2 My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, 
my defender in whom I trust; who subdueth my people 
that is under me. 

3 Lorp, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto 
him! or the son of man, that thou so regardest him ! 

4 Man is hike a thing of naught; his time passeth away 
like a shadow. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lorp, and come down; touch 
the mountains, and they shall smoke. 

6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them; shoot out 
thine arrows, and consume them. 

7 Send down thine hand from above; deliver me, and 
take me out of the great waters, from the hand of strange 
children : 

8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand 
is a right hand of wickedness. 

9 I will sing anew song unto thee,O God; and sing 
praises unto thee upona ten-stringed lute. 

10 Thou hast given victory unto kings, and hast de- 
livered David thy servant from the peril of the sword. __ 

11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange 
children, whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right 
hand is a right hand of iniquity : 

12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants, and 
that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the 
temple: 

13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with ail 
manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, | 
and ten thpnegaded in our streets: 

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14 That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be 
_ ho decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in 
our streets. 
15 Happy are the people that are in such a case; yea, 
blessed are the people who have the Lorp for their God. 


Psalm exlv. Exaltabo te, Deus. 


_ WILL magnify thee, O God, my King; and I will 
praise thy Name for ever and ever. 
2 Every day willl give thanks unto thee; and praise 
thy Name for ever and ever. 
3 Great is the Lorn, and marvellous worthy to be prais- 
ed; there is no end of his greatness. Pm, 
4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another, 
and declare thy power. ” 
5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship, thy glory, 
thy praise, and wondrous works ; 
' 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvel- 
lous acts; and I will also tell of thy greatness. 
7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be 
showed ; and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 
8 The Lorp is gracious and merciful; long-suffering, 
and of great goodness. 
9 The Lorp is loving unto every man; and his mercy 
is over all his works. 
10 All thy works praise thee, O Lorn; and thy saints 
give thanks unto thee. 
11 They show the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy — 
power ; 
12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy 
_ kingdom, might be known unto men. 
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy do- 
- minion endureth throughout all ages. 
14 The Lorn upholdeth all such as fall, and lifteth up 
all those that are down. 
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15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lorn; and thou 
givest them their meat in due season. 


4 


16 Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things living _ 


with plenteousness. , 
17 The Lorp is righteous in all his ways, and viel in 
all his works. 


18 The Lorp js nigh unto all them that call upon him; | 


yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. 
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; he 
also will hear their cry, and will help them. 


20 The Lorp preserveth all them that love him; but ~ 


scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 

21 My mcuth shall speak the praise of the Lorp; and 
let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and 
ever. , 


a, 
’ Psalm exlvi. Lauda, anima mea. 


RAISE the Lorp, O my soul: while I live, willTI praise 
the Lorp; yea, as longas I have any being, I will sing 
praises unto my God. 
2 -O put not your trust in princes, nor im any child of 
man; for there is no help in them. 
3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn 
again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish. 
4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob {for his help, 
and whose hope is in the Lorp his God: 
5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that 
therein is; who keepeth his promise for ever ; 
6 Who helpeth them ito right that suffer wrong; who 
tat the hungry. 


7 The Lorp Jooseth men out of prison; the Lorp giveth 


sight to the blind. 


8 The Lorp helpeth them that are fallen; the Lorp 


careth for the righteous. 


9 The Lorn careth for the strangers; he defendeth the | 
fatherless and widow: as for the way e the ungodly, he 5 


turneth it upside down. 
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4 Day 30. THE PSALTER. E. P. 
‘ 10 The Lorn thy God, O Sion, shall be King for ever- 
more, and throughout all generations. \ 
/ 

' Loening Prayer. 

Psalm exlvii. Laudate Dominum. 

j PRAISE the Lorp, for it is a good thing to sing praises 
‘ unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to 


be thankful. 
2 The Lorp doth build up Jerusalem, and gather to-_ 
_ gether the outcasts of Israel. 
3 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and giveth 
medicine to heal their sickness. 
4 He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them 
all by their names. 
5 Great is our Lord, and great .is his power ; yea, and 
his wisdom is infinite. 
‘ 6 The Lorp setteth up the meek, and bringeth the un- 
godly down to the ground. 

7 O sing unto the Lorp with thanksgiving; sing praises 
upen the harp unto our God: 

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth 
rain for the earth; and maketh the grass to grow upon 
the mountains, and herb for the use of men; 

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the 
young ravens that call upon him. 

10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an poy 
neither delighteth he in any man’s legs. 

11 But the Lorn’s delight is in them that fear him, and 
put their trust in his mercy. 

12 Praise the Lorp, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O 
ta Sion. 

13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and 
hath blessed thy children within thee. 
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee 
with the flour of wheat. 
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15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth, and 
his word runneth very swiftly. 

16 He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoar- 
frost like ashes. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to 
abide h's frost # 

18 He sendeth out his word, and meiteth them: he 
bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 

19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and 
ordinances unto Israel. 

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; neither have 
the heathen knowledge of his laws. 


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Psalm exlviii. Laudate Dominum. 


PRAISE the Lorp of heaven: praise him in the height. 
2 Praise him, all ye angels of his: praise him, all his 
hosts. 

3 Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars 
and light. 

4 Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye waters that are 
above the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the Name of the Lorp: for he spake 
the word, and they were made ; he commanded, and they 
were created. 

6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever: he hath 
given them a law which shall uot be broken. 

7 Praise the Lorp upon earth, ye dragons and all deeps: 

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapors, wind and storm, ful- 
filling his word: 

9 Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars: 

10 Beasts and all cattle ; worms and feathered fowls 

11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all 
judges of the world: | 

12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, 
praise the Name of the Lorp: for his Name only is eX- 
cellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. . 

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13 He shall exalt the horn of his people: all his saints 
shall praise him; even the children of Israel, even the 
people that serveth him. 


Psalm exlix. Cantate Domino. 


() SING unto the Lorpa new song; let the congregation 
of saints praise him. 
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, and let the 
» children of Sion be joyful in their King. 
r 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance: let them 
sing praises unto him with tabret and harp. 

4 For the Lorn hath pleasure in his people, and helpeth 
the meek-hearted. 

5 Let the saints be joyful with glory; let them rejoice 
in their beds. ; *j ’ 

6 Let the praises of Ge be in their mouth; and a two- 
‘i priged sword in their hands 


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4 7 To be avenged of ae heathen, and to rebuke the 
| Reonic : 

t 8 To bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with 


links of iron. 
9 That they may be avenged of them; as it is written, 
Such honor have all his saints. 


Psalm el. Laudate Dominum. : 


PRAISE God in his holiness: praise him in the firma- 
ment of his power. | 
2 Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to 
his excellent greatness. 
3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him 
upon the lute and harp. 
4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him 
upon the strings and pipe. 
5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him 
upon the loud cymbals. 
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ARTICLES OF RELIGION; 


AS ESTABLISHED BY 


THE BISHOPS, THE CLERGY, 


AND LAITY 


OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONVENTION, ON THE TWELFTH 
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LorRD 1801. 





Arr. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. 


HERE is but one living and true 
God, everlasting, without body, 
parts, or passions ; of infinite power, 
wisdom, and goodness § ; the Maker, and 
Preserver of all things both visible and 
invisible. And in unity of this God- 
head there be three Persons, of one 
substance, power, and eternity; the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 


Arv. II, Of the Word or Son of God, 
which was made very Man. 


HE Son, which is the Word of the 
Father, begotten from everlasting 
of the Father, the very and eternal.God, 
and of one substance with the Father, 
took Man’s nuture in the womb of the 
blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that 
two whole and perfect Natures, that is 
to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were 
joined together in one Person, uever to 
be divided, whereof is one Christ, very 
God, and very Man; who truly suffered, 
was ‘crucified, dead, and buried, to re- 
concile his Father to us, and to be a 
sacrifice not only for original guilt, but 
also for actual sins of men. 


Art. III. Of the going down of Christ 
into Heil. 


S Christ died for us, and was buried; 
so also is it to be believed, that he 
went down into Hell. 


Art. IV. Of the Resurrection of 
Christ, 


Pare did truly rise again from 
death, and took again “his body, 
with flesh, bones, and all things apper- 
taining to the perfection of Man’s 
nature } wherewith he ascended into 
Heaven, and there sitteth, until he re- 
turn to judge all Men at the last day. 


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Art. V. Of the Holy Ghost. ~ 


bein Holy Ghost, proceeding from the 

Father and the Son, is of one sub- 
stance, majesty, andglory, with the Fa- 
ther and the Son, very and eternal God. 


ArT. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the 
Holy Scriptures for Salvation. 


I OLY Scripture containeth all things 
necessary to salvation: so that 
whatsoever is not read therein, nor may 
be proved thereby, is not to be required 
of any man, that it should be believed 
as an article of the Faith, or be thought 
requisite or necessary to salvation. In 
the name of the Holy Scripture we do 
understand those canonical Books of the 
Old and New Testament, of whose au- 
thority was never any doubt in the 
Church. 


OF THE NAMES AND NUMBER 
OF THE CANONICAL BOOKS 

Genesis. 
Exodus. 
Leviticus. 
Numbers. 
Deuteronomy. 
Joshua. 
Judges. 
Ruth. 
The First Book of Samuel. 
The Second Book of Samuel. 
The First Book of Kings. 
The Second Book of Kings. 
The First Book of Chronicles. 
The Second Book of Chronicles, 
The First Book of Estras. 
The Second Book of Esdras. 
The Book of Esther. 
The Book of Job. 
The Psalms. 
The Proverbs. 
Ecclesiastes or Preacher. ae 
Cantica, or Songs of Solomon. — 
Four Prophets the greater, +e 
Twelve Prophets theless. 






ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 


, And the other-Books (as Hierome 
_ saith) the Church doth read for example 
of life and instruction of manners; but 
yet doth it not apply them to establish 
any doctrine ; such are these following : 
The Third Book of Esdras, 
. The Fourth Book of Esdras, 
The Bouk of Tobias, 
; The Book of Judith, 
; The rest of the Book of Esther, 
The Book of Wisdom, 
Jesus the Son of Sirach, 
Baruch the Prophet, 
The Song of the Three Children, 
The Story of Susanna, 
 » Of Bel and the Dragon, 
v The Prayer of Manasses, 
The First Book of Maccabees. 
The Second Book of Maccabees. 
All the Books of the New Testament, 
as they are commonly received, we do 
‘receive, and account them Canonical. 


Arr. VII. Of the Old Testament. 


M\HE O'd Testament isnot contrary to 
the New; for both in the Old and 
New Testament everlasting life is offer- 
edto Mankind by Christ, who is the 
only Mediator between God and Man, 
being beth God and Man. Wherefore 
_ they are not to be heard, which feign 
that the old Fathers did look only for 
transitory promises. Although the 
Law given from God by Moses, as 
touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not 
bind Christian men, nor the Civil pre- 
cepts thereof ought of necessity to be 
received in any commonwealth; yet 
notwithstanding, no Christian man 
whatsoever is free from the obedience 


of the Commandments which are called 
Moral. 


Arr. VIII. Of the Creeds. 


HE Nicene Creed, and that which 

is commonly called the Apostles’ 

Creed, ought thoroughly to be received 

and believed; for they may be proved 

by most certain warrants of Holy 
Scripture. 


Arr. IX. Of the Original or Birth- 
Sin. 










RIGINAL sin standeth not in the 
following of Adam, (ss the Pela- 
_ gians do vainly talk ;) but itis the fault 
and corruption of the Nature of every 
man, that naturally is engendered of 

_ the offspring of Adam; whereby man 
_ is very far gone from original righteous- 


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‘ness, aud is of his own nature inclined 


to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always 
contrary to the Spirit; and therefore in 
every person born into this world, it 
deserveth God’s wrath and damnation. 
«And this inflection of nature doth re- 
main, yea in them that are regenerated ; 
whereby the lust of the flesh, called in 
Greek, Pp dvnpa capxds (which some 
do expound the wisdom, some sensual- 
ity, some the affection, some the desire, 
ot the flesh,) is not subject to the Law of 
God. And although there is no vone 
demnation for them that believe and 
are baptized; yet the Apostle doth 
confess, that coneupiscence and lust 
hath of itself the nature of sin. 


Art. X. Of Free- Will. 


MNNHE condition of Man after the fall 

of Adam is such, that he cannot 
turn and prepare himself, by his own 
natural strength and good works, to 
faith, and calling upon. God. Where- 
fore we have no power to do good works 
pleasant and acceptable to God, without 
the grace of God by Christ preventing 
us, that we may have a gdéod will, and 
working with us, when we have that 
good will. 


Art. XI. Of the Justification of Man. 
E are accounted righteous before 
God, only for the merit of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ-by Faith, 
and not for our own works or deserv- 
ings. Wherefore, that we are justified 
by Faith only, is a most wholesome 
Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as 
more largely is expressed in the Homily 
of Justification. 


Art. XII. Of Good Works. 

LBEIT that Good Works, which 
are the fruits of Faith, and follow 
after Justification, cannot put away our 
sins, and endure the severity of God’s, 
judgment; yet are they pleasing and 
acceptable to God in Christ, and do 
spring out necessarily of a true and 
lively Faith ; insomuch that by them a 
lively Faith may be as evidently known 

as a tree discerned by the fruit. 
Art. XIII. Of Works before Justi- 

fication. 

ORKS done before the grace of 
Christ, and the Inspiration of his 
Spirit, are not pleasant to God, foras- 
much as they spring not of faith in Jesus 
Christ ; neither do they make men meet 


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ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 


to receive grace, or (as the School-an- 
thors say) deserve grace of congruity . 
yea rather, for that they are not done 
as God hath wilied and commanded 
them to be done, we doubt not but they 
have the nature of sin. 


Arr. XIV. Of Works of Superero- 
gation. 


OLUNTARY Works besides, over’ 


and above, God’s‘Commandments, 
which they call Works of Supereroga- 
tion, cannot be taught without arro- 
gancy and impiety: for by them men 
do declare, that they do not only render 
unto God as muchas they are bound to 
do, but that they do more for his sake, 
than of bounden duty is required : 
whereas Christ saith plainly, When ye 
have done all that are commanded to 
you, say, We are unprofitable servants. 


ArT. XV. Of Christ alone without 
Sin. 

HRIST in the truth of our nature 

was made like unto us in all things, 
sin only except, from which he was 
clearly void,*both in his flesh, and in 
his spirit. He came to be the Lamb 
without spot, who, by sacrifice of him- 
self once made, should take away the 
sins of the world; and sin (as Saint 
John saith) was not in him. But all 
we the rest, although baptized, and 
born again in Christ, yet offend in 
many things; and if we say we have 
no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the 
truth is not in us. 


Art. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. 


OT every deadly sin willingly com- 

mitted after Baptism is sin against 
the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. 
Wherefore the grant of repentance is 
not to be denied to such as fall into sin 
after Baptism, After we have received 
the Holy Ghost, we may depart from 
grace given, and fall into sin, and by 
the grace of God we may arise again, 
and amend our lives. And therefore 
they are to be condemned, which say, 
they can no more sin as long as they 
live here, or deny the place of forgive- 
ness to such as truly repent. 


Art. XVII. Of Predestination and 
Election. 


REDESTINATION to Life is the 
everlasting purpose of God, whereby 
(before the foundations of the world 


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were laid) he hath constantly decreed 
by his counsel secret to us, to deliver 
from curse and damnation those whom 
he hath chosen in Christ out of man- 
kind, and to bring them by Christ to 
everlasting salvation, as vessels made 
tohonour. Wherefore, they which be 
endued with so excellent a benefit of 
God, be called according to God’s pur- 
pose by his Spirit working in due sea- 
son: they through Grace obey the call- 
ing: they be justified freely: they be 
made sons of God by adoption: they be 
made like the image of his only -begot- 
ten Son Jesus Christ : they walk reli- 
giously in good works, and at length, 
by God’s mercy, they attain to ever- 
lasting felicity. 

As the godly consideration of Pre- 
destination, and our Election in Christ, 
is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeak- 
able comfort to godly persons, and such 
as feel in themselves the working of 
the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the 
works of the flesh, and their earthly 
members, and drawing up their mind 
to high and heavenly things, as well 
because it doth greatly establish and 
confirm their faith of eternal Salvation 
to be enjoyed through Christ, as because 
it doth fervently kindle their love to- 
wards God: So, for curious and carnal 
persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to 
have continually before their eyes the 
sentence of God’s Predestination, is a 
most dangerous downfall, whereby the 
Devil deth thrust them either into des- 
peration, or into wretchlessness of most 
unclean hving, no less perilous than 
desperation. 

Furthermore, we must receive God's 
promises in such wise, as they be ge- 
nerally set forth to us in Holy Scripture: 
and, in our doings, that Will of God is 
to be followed, which we have express- 
ly declared unto us in the Word of God. 


Art. XVIII. Of obtaining eternal 
Salvation only by the Name of 
Christ. 


HEY also are to be had accursed 
that presume to say, That every 
man shall be saved by the Law or Sect 
which he professeth, so that he be dil- 
igent to frame his life according to 
that Law, and the light of Nature. 
For Holy Scripture doth set out unto 
us only the Name of Jesus Christ 
whereby men must be saved. “9 
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ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 


Arr. XIX. Of the Ciwrch. 


HE visible Church of Christ is a 
congregation of faithful men, in the 
whichthe pure Word of God is preach- 
ed, and the Sacraments be duly minis- 
tered according to Christ’s ordinance, 
in all those things that of necessity are 
requisite to the same. 
As the Church of Jerusalem, 4lex- 
andria, and Antioch, have erred; so 
* also the Church of Rome hath erred, 


jot only in their living and manner of 


2romunies, but also in matters of 
Faith. 
Agr. XX. Of the Authorty of the 
Church. 


ate Ciurch hath power to decree 

Rites or Ceremonies, and authority 
iu Controversies of Fuita: and yet it is 
not lawful for the Church to ordain 
any thing that is contrary to God’s 
Word written, neither may itso ex- 
pound one place of Scripture, that it be 
repugnant to another. Wherefore 
although the Chu.ch be a witness and 
akeeper of Holy Writ, yet, as it ought 
not to decree anything against thesame, 
so besides the sam? ought it not to en- 
furce any thing to be believed for ne- 
cessity of Salvution. 


Axt. XXI. Of the Authority of 
General Councils.* 


Arr. XXII. Of, Purgatory. 


JE Romish Doctrine concerning 
Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping 
and Adoration, as well of Imag2s as of 
Relies, and also Invocation of Saints, 
iga fond thing, vainly invented, and 
grounded upoa no warranty of Scrip. 
tare, but rather repugnant to the Ward 
of God. 
Arr. XXII. Of Ministering in the 
Congregation. 
T is not lawful for any man to take 
npon him the office of public preach- 
ing, or ministering the Sacrameits in 
the Congregation, before he be lawfalty 


called, and sent to execute the same. 


And those we ought to judge lawfully 
called and sent, which be chosen and 
? 





* The Tweauty-first of the former 
Articles is omitted; because it is partly 
of a jocal and civil nature, and is pro- 
ided for, as to the remaining parts of 
, in other articles, 


called to this work by men who have 
public authority given unto them in 
the Congregation, to call andsend Min- 
isters into the Lord's vineyard. 


Arr. XXIV. Of Speaking in the 
Congregation in such a Tongue 
as the people understandeth. 


T is a thing plainly repugnant to 

the Word of God, and the custom of 
the Primitive Church, to have public 
Prayer in the Church, or to minister 
the Sacrame2uts, in a tongue not undere 
stunded of the people. 


Art. XXV. Of the Sacraments. 


ACRAMENTS ordained of Christ 
be not only badges or tokens of 
Cnristian men’s profession, but rather 
they be certain sure witnesses, and ef- 
fectual signs of grace, and God’s good 
will towards us, by the which he doth 
work invisibly in us, and doth not only 
quicken, but also strengthen and con- 
firm our Faith in him. 
There are two Sacraments ordained 
of Christ our Lord 14 the Gospel, that 


is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of © 


the Lord. 

Those five commonly called Sacra- 
ments, that is to say, Confirmation, 
Penance Orders, Matrimony, and Ex- 
treme Unction, are not to be counted 
for Sacraments of the Gospel, being 
such as have grown partly of the cor- 
rupt following of the 'Aposties, partly 
are states of life allowed in the Scrip-. 
tures; but yet have not like nature of 
Sacraments with Baptism, and the 
LorJ’s Supper, for that they have not | 
any visible sign or ceremony ordained _ 
of God, 

The Sacraments were not ordained 
of Christ to be gazed upon, or to be 
carried about, but taut we should duly 
use them. Aad in such only as wor- 
thily receive the same, they have a 
whviesome effect or operation: but 
they that receive them unworthily, 
purchase to themselves damnation, as 
Saint Paw! saith. 

Arr. X XVI. Of tie Unworthiness 
of the Minisicrs, which hinders not 
the effsct of the Sacraments. 

LTHOUGH in the visible Church 
ik the evil be ever mingled with the 
good, aud sometimes the evil have chief 
authority in the Ministration of the 

Word and Sacraments, yet forasmuch 


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ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 


as they do not the same in their own 
name, but in Christ’s, aud do minister 
by his commission and authority, we 
may use their Ministry, both in hearing 
the Word of God, and in receiving the 
Sacraments. Neither is the effect of 
Christ’s ordinance taken away by their 
wickedness, nor the grace of God’s gifts 
diminished from such as by faith, and 
rightly, do receive the Sacraments min- 
istered unto them ; which be effectual, 
because of Christ’s institution and pro- 
mise, although they be ministered by 
evil men. 

Nevertheless it appertaineth to the 
discipline of the Church, that inquiry 
be made of evil Ministers, and that they 
be accused by those that have know- 
ledge of their offeices; and finally, 
being found guilty, by just judgment be 
deposed. 


Axv. XXVII. Of Baptism. 


eee is not only a sign of pro- 

fession and mark of difference, 
whereby Christian men are discerned 
from ethers that be not christened, but 
it is also a sign of Regeneration or New- 
Birth, whereby, as by an instrument, 
they that receive Baptism rightly are 
grafted into the Church ; the promises 
of the forgiveness of sins, and of our 
adoption to be the sons of God by the 
Holy Ghost, are visibly signed und 
sealed; Faith is confirmed, and Grace 
increased by virtue of prayer unto God. 

The Baptism of young Children is in 
any wise to be retained in the Church, 
as most agreeable with the institution 
of Christ. 


ArT. XXVIII. Of the Lord’s Supper. 


Te Supper of the Lord is not only 
a sign of the Jove that Christians 
ought to have among themselves one 
to another; butrather it isa Sacrament 
of our redemption by Christ?s death: 
insomuch that to such as rightly, wor- 
thily, and with faith, receive the same, 
the Bread which we break is a partak- 
ing of the Body of Christ ; and likewise 
the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of 
the Blood of Christ. 
Transubstantiation (or the change of 
the substance of Bread and Wine) in 
the Supper of the Lord, cannot be 
proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant 
to the plain words of Scripture, over- 
throweth the nature of a Sacrament, 


468 


and hath given occasion to many su- 
perstitions. | 

The Body of Christ is given, taken, 
and eaten, in the Supper, only after an 
heavenly and spiritual manner. And 
the mean whereby the Body of Christ 
is received and eaten in the Supper, is 
Faith. 

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper 
was not by Christ's ordinance reserved, 
carried about, lifted up, cr worshipped. 


Art. XXIX Of the Wicked, which 
eat not the Body of Christ in the 
use of the Lord’s Supper. 

HE Wicked and such as be void of 

a lively faith, although they do 
carpally and visibly press with their 
teeth (as Saint Augustine saith) the 

Sacrament of the Body and Blood of 

Christ ; yet in no wise ure they partak- 

ers of Christ: but rather, to their con- 

demnation, do eat and drink the sign 
or Sacrament of so great a thing. 


ART. XXX. OF both kinds. 


HE Cup of the Loré is not to be 
denied to the Lay-people: for 
both the parts of the Lord’s Sacra- 
ment, by Christ’s ordinance and com- 
mandment, ought to be ministered 
to all Christian men alike. 


ART. XXXI. Of the one Oblation 
of Christ finished upon the Cross. 


HE Offering of Christ once made 

is that perfect redemption, propi-. 
ation, and satisfaction, for all the 
sins of the whole world, both origi- 
nal and actual; and there is none 
other satisfaction for sin, but that, 
aloe. Wherefore the sacrifices of | 
Masses, in the which it was com- | 
monly said, that the Priest did offer | 
Christ for the quick and the dead, to 3 
have remission of pain or guilt, were” 
blasphemous fables, and dangerous. 
deceits. 


ART. XXXII. Of the Marriige of | 
Priests. | 


yb yeeseten Priests, and Deacons, 
are not commanded by God’s— 
Law, either to vow the estate of | 
single life, or to abstain from mare 
riage; therefore it is lawful for 
them, as for all other Christian men, 
to marry at their own discretion, as 
they shall judge the same to serve ° 
better to godliness. — 





ARTICLES OF RELIGION. 


Art. XXXIII. Of excommunicate 
Persons, how they are to be avoided. 


HAT person which by open de- 

nunciation of the Church Is right- 
ly eut off from the unity of the 
Chureh,and excommunicated. ought 
to be taken of the whole multitude 
of the faithful, as an Heathen and 
Publican, until he openly be recon- 
ciled by penance, and received into 
the Church by a Judge that hath cu- 
thorit, thereunto. 
ART. XXXIV. Of the Treditions 
of the Charch. 


T is not necessary that Traditions 
and Ceremonies be in all places 
one, or ulterly like; for atall times 
they have been divers, and may be 
ehanged according to the div rsity 
of countries times, and n en’s man- 
ners, sO that nothing be ordained 
against God’s Word. Whosoever, 
through his private judgment, wil- 
lingly and purposel , doth openly 
break th» Traditicus and Ceremp- 
nies of the Church, which be not 
Tepnguant to the Word ot God, and 
be ordained and approved by com- 
mon authority, ought to be rebuked 
openly, (that others may fear to do 
the like.) us he that  cffendeth 
against the common order of the 
Church, and hurteth the authority 
of the Magistrate, and woundeth 
the conseiences of the weak breth- 
ren. 
ivery paricular or nat onal 
Church bath authority, to ordain, 
change, and abolish, Ceremonies or 
Rites of the Church, ordained only 
»y man’ ,authority, so that all things 
be done to edifying. 


ART. XXXV. Of the Homilies. 


HE Second Book of Homilies, the 
several titles whereof we have 
joined under this Article, doth con- 
—taina godly and wholesome Doc- 
trine, and necessary for these times, 
as dvth the former Pook of Homi- 
Jes, Which were set forth in the 
tim: of Edward the Sixth ; and there- 
fore we judge them to be read in 
hurches by the Ministers, diligent- 
and distinct! , that they may be 
erstanded of the people. 












OF THE NAMES OF THE HOMILIES. 


-1. Of the right Use of the Church. 

2. Against Peril of Idolatry. 

3. Os repairing and keeping clean 

of Churches. 
Of good Works : firstof Fasting. 
. figainst Gluttony and Drunke 
enness. 

6. Aygiinst Excess of Appzrel. 

7. Of Prayer. 

8. Of the Praceand Time of Prayer, 

9. That Common Prayers and Sace 
raments ought to be ministered 
mm a known tongue. 

10. Of the reverend Estimation of 
God's Word. 

ll. Of 4 ms-doing. 

12. Of the Nativity of Christ. 

13. Of the Passion of Christ. 

Oy the Resurrection of Christ. 

1s. Of the worthy receiving of ihe 

Sterament of the Body and 

B'ood of Christ. 

1°. Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. 

1°. For the Rogation-days. 

1’. Of the State of Matrimony. 

Iv. Of Repentance. 

20. Against Tilleness. 

£1. Avainst Rebcllion. 


[This Article is received in this 
Church, so far as it declares the 
Books of Homilies to be an explica- 
tion of Christian doctrine, and in- 
structive In piety and morals. But 
all references to the constitution and 
laws of England are considered as 
Inapplicable to the circumstances of 
this Chureh; which also suspends 
the order for the reading of said Ho- 
milies in churches, until a revision 
of them may be conveniently made, 
for the clenring of them, as well 
fr m obsolete words and phrases, as 
from the local references. } 


ART. XXXVI, O/ Consecration of 
Bestops and Ministers. 


ghee Gook of Consecration of Bish- 
0 s, and Ordering of Priests and 
Deacons, as set forth by the Gene- 
ral Convention of this Church in 
179, doth contain all things neces- 
sary to such Consecration and Or- 
dering; neither hath it any thing 
that, of itself, is superstitious and 
ungodly. And, therefore, whoso- 
ever are cousecrated or ordered ac- 


cording to said Form, we decree all. 


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4 


THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 


such to be rightly, orderly, and law- 
fully consecrated and ordered. 


ART. XXXVII. Of the Power of the 
Cwil Magistrates. 


HE Power of the Civil Magis- 

trate extendeth to all men, as 
well Clergy as Laity, in all things 
temporal ; but hath no authority in 
things purely spiritual. And we hold 
it to be the duty of all men who are 
professors of the Gospel, to pay re- 
spectful obedience to the Civil Au- 
thority, regularly and legitimately 
constituted. 


ART. XXXVIII. Of Christian Men’s 
Goods, which are not common. 


HE Riches and Goods of Chris- 
tans are not.common, as touch- 


ing the right, title, and possession 
of the same; as¢ertain Anabaptists. 
do falsely boast, Notwithstanding, 
every man ought, of such things as 
he possesseth, liberally to give alms 
to the poor, according to his ability. 


ART. XXXIX. Of a Christian 


Man’s Oath. 


S_ we confess that vain and rash 
Swearing is forbidden Christian 
men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
James his Apostle, so we judge, that 
Christian Religion doth not prohibit, 
but that a man may swear when the 
Magistrate requireth, in a cause of 
faith and charity, so it be done ac- 
cording to the Prophet’s teaching, in 
justice, judgment, and truth. 








THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND 
CONSECRATING 


BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS; 


ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 


As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of said Church, in 
General Convention, in the month of September. A. D. 1792. 


THE PREFACE. 


IT is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient 
Authors, that from the Apostles’ time itere have been these Orders of Minis- 
ters in Christ's Church—Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices 
were evermore had in such reverend Estimation, that no man might presume 
to execute any ef them, except he were first called, tried, examined, and known 
tohave such qualities as are requisite for the same; and also by public 
Prayer, with Imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by 
lawful Authority. And therefore, to the intent that these Orders may be 
continued, and reverently used and esteemed in this Church, no man shail be 
accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in this Church, 
or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, ex- 
amined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, 
or hath had Episcopal Consecration or Ordination. 


470 


THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 


And none shall be admitted a Deacon, Priest, or Bishop, except he be of the 
age which the Canon in that case provided may require. 

And the Bishop, knowing either by himself, or by sufficient testimony, any 
Person to be a man of virtuous conversation, and without crime; and, after 
examination and trial, finding him sufficiently instructed in the Holy Scrip- 
ture, and otherwise learned as the Canons require, may, at the times appointed, 
or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other day, in the face of the Church, 
admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as followeth. 


THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING DEACONS., 
q When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is 


ended, there shall be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and 


Office of such as come.to be admitted Deacons ; 


how necessary that Order 


is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the people ought to esteem them in 


their office. 


{| 4 Priest shall present unto the 
Bishop, sitting in his chair near 
to the Holy Tuble, such as desire to 
be ordained Deacons, each of them 
being decently hubited, saying these 
words, 

EVEREND Father in God, I pre- 
sent unto you these persous pres- 
ent, to be admitted Deacons. 


The Bishop. 


AKE heed that the persons, whom 

ye present unto us, be apt and 
meet, for their learning and godly 
conversation, to exercise their Min- 
istry duly, to the honor of God, and 
the edifying of his Church. 


Y The Priest shall answer: 


HAVE inquired concerning them, 
and also examined them, and think 
them so to be. 


§ Then the B’shop shall say unto the 
People: 


Reon if there be any of 
you who knoweth any Impedi- 
mert, or notable Crime, in any of 
these persons presented to be order- 
ed Deacons, for the which he ought 
not to be admitted to that Office, let 
him come forih in the name of God, 
and show what the Crime or Im- 

pediment is. 


{| Andif any great Crime or Impedi- 
ment be oljected, the Bishop shall 
cease from Ordering that person, un- 
til such time as the party accused 
shall be found clear of that Crime. 








J Then the Bishop (commending such 
as shall be found meet to be Order- 
ed, to the Prayers of the congrega- 
tion) shall, with the Clergy and 
People present, say the Litany. 

Y Then shall be said the Service for 
the Communion, with the Collect, 
Epistle,and Gospel, as followeth. 


The Collect. 


Frese God, who by thy Di- 
vine Providence hast appointed 
divers Orders of Ministers in thy 
Church, and didst inspire thine 
Apostles to choose into the Order of 
Deacons the first Martyr Saint Ste- 
phen, with others; Mercifully be- 
hold these thy servants now called 
to the like Office and Administra- 
tion: so replenish them with the 
truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn 
them with innocency of life, that, 
both by word and good example, 
they may faithfully serve thee in 
this Office, to the glory of thy Name, 
and the edification of thy Church ; 
through the merits of our Saviour 
Jesus Christ, who liveth and reign- 
eth with thee and the Holy Ghost, 
now and for ever. Amen. 


The Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 8. 


jigs must the Deacons be 
grave, not double tongued, not 

iven to much wie, not greedy of 
filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of 
the faith in a pure conscience. And 
let these also first be proved; then 


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THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 


let them use the Office of a Deacon, 
being found blameless. Hven so 
must their wives be grave, not slan- 
derers, sober, faithful in all things. 
Lei the Deacons be the husbands of 
one wife, ruling their children and 
their own houses well. For they that 
have used the Office of a Deacon 
well, purchase to themselves a good 
degree, and great boldness in the 
faith which is in Christ Jesus 


¥ Or else this, out of the Sixth Chap- 
ler of the Acts of the Apostles. 


Acts vi. 2. 


HEN the twelve called the mul- 
titude of t e disciples unto them, 
and said, It is not reason that we 
should leave the Word of God, and 
serve tables. Wheref re, brethren. 
look ye out among you seven men 
of honest report, full of the Holy 
Ghost and wisdom, whom we may 
appoint over this business. ~ But we 
will give ourselves coutinually to 
prayer, and to the ministry of the 
Word. And the saying pl ased the 
whole multitude. Aiud they chose 
Stephen, a man full of faith and of 
the Holy Ghost, and Phi ie, and Pro- 
chorus, end Nicanor, and Timon, 
and Parmen: ee and Nicolas a prose- 
lyte of Antioch; whom they set be- 
fore the Apostles ; and when they 
had prayed, they laid their hands on 
them. Aud the Word of God in- 
creased, and the number of the dis- 
ciples multiplied in Jerusalem great- 
ly, and a great company of the 
Priests were obedient to the faith. 


Gq Then shall the Bishop examine 
evcry one of those who are to be Or- 
dered, in the presence of the people, 
after this manner following. 


O you trust that y u are inwardly 
moved by the Holy Ghost to take 
upon you this Office and Ministra- 
tion, to serve God for the promoting 1 
of his glory, and the edifying of his 
people? 
Answer. I trust so. 


The Bishop. & 


O you think that you are truly 
called, according to the will of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, and according 
«) the Canons of this Church, to the 
Miinistry of the same? 


- 472 


I think so. 
The Bishop. 


O you unfeignedly believe all the 
Canonical Scriptures of the Old 
and New Testament? 
Answer. I do believe them. 


Answer. 


The Bishop. 


\ ILL you diligently read thesame 
unto the people assembled in 
the Church where you shall be ap- 
pointed to serve? 
Answer. I will. 


The Bishop. 


T appertaineth to the Office of a 

Deacon, in the Church where he 

shall be appointed to serve, to assist 
We Priest in Divine Service, and 
specially when he ministereth the 
Holy Communion, and to help him 
in the distribution thereof; and to 
read Holy Scriptures and Homilies 
in the Church; and to instruct the 
youth t the Catechism ; in the ab- 
sence of the Priest to baptize in- 
fants; and to preach, if he be ad- 
mitted thereto by the Bishop. And 
furthermore, it is his Office, where’ 
provision is so made, to search for 
the sick, poor, and impotent people 
of the Parish, to intimate their es- 
tates, names, and places where they 
dwell, unto the Curate, that by his 
exhortation they may be relieved 
with the alms of the Parishioners, or 
others. Will you do this gladly and 
willingly ? 

Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of God. 


The Bishop. 
A igiecs youapply all your diligence 


to frame and fashion your own — 


lives, and the lives of your families, 
according to the Doctrine of Christ ; 
and to make both yourselves and 
them, as much as in you _ lieth, 
wholesome examples of the flock of 
Chr ist ? 

Answer. I will so do, the Lord be- 
ing my helper. 


The Bishop. 
\ ILL you reverently obey your | 
Bishop, and other chief Minis- 
bebe who, according to the Canons 
of the Church, may “have the charge 


THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. 


and government over you; follow- 
ing With a glad mind and will their 
godly admonitions ? 

Answer. I will endeavor so to do, 
the Lord being my helper. 


G Then the Bishop, laying his Hands 
severally upon the Head of every 
one of them, humbly kneeling be- 
Sore him, shall say, 


AKE thou Authority to execute 

the Office of a Deacon in the 
Church of God committed unto thee; 
Thi the Name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
Amen. 


{ Then shail the Bishop deliver to 
every one of them the New Testa- 
ment, saying, 


AKE thou Authority to read the 

Gospel in the Church of God, and 

to preach the same, if thou be there- 
to licensed by the Bishop himself. 


¥ Then one of them, appointed by the 
Bishop, shail read the Gospel. 


St. Luke xii. 35. 


ET your loins be girded about, 
and your lights burning ¢; andye 

yourselves like unto men that wait 
for their Lord, when he will return 
from the wedding; that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may open 
unto him immediately. Blessed are 
those servants, whom the Lord when 
he cometh shall find watching. Ve- 
rily Isay unto yon. that he shall gird 
himself,and make them to sit down to 
meat, and will come forth and serve 
them. Andif he shall come in the 
second watch, or come in the third 


{| And here it must be declared unto 


watch, and find them so, blessed are 
those servants, 


GY Then shill the Bishop proceed in 
the Communion ; and all who are 
Ordered shall tarry, and receive the 
Holy Communion the same day, 
with the Bishop. 

qf The Communion ended, after the 
tast Co lect, and immediately before 
the benediction, shall be said this 
Collect following. 


LMIGHTY God, giver of all good 
things, who of thy great good- 
ness hast youchsafed to accept and 
take these thy servants unto the Of- 
fice of Deacons in thy Church; 
Make them, we beseech thee, O 
Lord, to be mvdest, humble, and 
constant in their Ministration, to 
have a ready will to observe all 
spiritual Discipline ; that they hav- 
ing always the testimony of a good 
conscience, and continuing ever 
stable and strong in thy Son “Christ, 
may so well behave themselves in 
this inferior Office, that they may be 
found worthy to be called unto the 
higher Ministries in thy Church; 
through the same thy Son our Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory 
and honor, world without vi 
Amen. 


van peace of God, which passeth 
all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je- 
sus Christ our Lord: And the Bless- 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 


the Deacon, that he must continue in 


that Office of a Deacon the-space of a whole year, (except for reasonable 


causes it shall otherwise seem good 


unto the Bishop,) to the intent he may 


be perfect and well expert in the things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical 


Administration. 


In executing whereof if he be found faithful and dili- 


gent, he may be admitted by his Diocesan to the Order of Pricsthood, at the 
times appointed in the Canon; or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other 
day, in the face of the Church, in such manner and form as hereafter fol« 
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THE FORM AND MANNER GF ORDERING PRIESTS. 


J When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer ts 
ended, there shall be a Sermon, or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and 
Office of such as come to be admitted Priests ; how necessary that Order 
is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the people ought to esteem them in 


their office. 


4 Priest shall present unto the 
Bishop, sitting. in his chair near 
to the Holy Table, all those who are 
to receive the Order of Priesthood 
that day, each of them being decently 
habited, and shall say, 


EVEREND Father in God, I pre- 

sent unto you these persons pres- 

ent, to be admitted to the Order of 
Priesthood. 


The Bishop. 


AKE heed that the persons, whom 
ye present unto us, be apt and 
meet, for their learning and godly 
conversation, to exercise their Min- 
istry duly, to the honor of God, and 
the edifying of his Church. 
G The Priest shall answer: 
HAVE inquired concerning them, 


and also examined them, and think 
them so to be. 


J Then the Bishop shall say unto the 
People ; 


C.. People, these are they whom 
J we purpose, God willing, to receive 
this day unto the holy Office of Priest- 
hood: for after due examination, we 
find not to the contrary, but that they 
are lawfully called to their Function 
and Ministry, and that they are persons 
meet for the same. But yet, if there 
be any of you who knoweth any Im- 
pediment, or notab'e Crime, in any of 
them, for the which he ought not to be 
received into this ho!y Ministry, let 
him come forth in the Name of God, 
and show what the Crime or Impedi- 
ment is. 


“7 And if any great Crime or Impedi- 
ment be oljected, the Bishop shall 
cease from ordering that person, 
until such time as the party accused 
shall be found clear of that Crime. 

4 Then the Bishop (commending such 
as shall be found meet to be Order- 


ATA 


ed, to the Prayers of the congrega- 
tion) shall, with the Clergy and 
People present, say the Litany, with 
the Prayers, as is before appointed 
in the Form of Ordering Deacons ; 
save only, that in the proper Suff> 
rage there added, the word Deacous 
shall be omitted, and the word Priests 
inserted instead of it. 

YJ Then shall be said the Scrvice for 
the Communion, with the Collect, 
Epistle,and Gospel, as followeth. 


The Collect. 
LMIGHTY God, giver of all good 
things, who by thy Holy Spirit 
hast appointed divers Orders of Minis- 
ters in the Church; Mercifully behold 
these thy servants now called to the 
Office of Priesthood ; and so replenish 
them with the truth of thy doctrine, | 
and adorn them with innocency of life, 
that, both by word and good example, 
they may faithfully serve thee in this 
Office. to the glory of thy Name, and — 
the edification of thy Church; through 
the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
who liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Ghost, world without end. 
Amen. 


The Epistle. Enphes. iy. 7. 
PAR every one of us is given grace, — 

according to the measure of the 
gift of. Christ. Wherefore he saith, 
When he ascended up on high, he led 
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto 
men. (Now that he ascended, what is 
it but that he also descended first into 
the lower parts of the earth? He that 
descended, is the same also that ascend- 
ed up far above all heavens, that he 
might fill all things.) And he gave 
some Apostles, and some Prophets, 
and some Evangelists and some Pas- 
tors and Teachers; for the perfect- 
ing of the Saints, for the work of. 
the Ministry, for the edifying of the 
Body of Christ: till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge ~ 


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of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ. 


GY After this shall be read for the 


Gospel part of the ninth Chapter of 


Saint Matthew, as followeti. 


St. Matt. ix, 36. 


HEN Jesus saw the multitudes, he 

was moved with compassion on 
theth, because they fainted, and were 
scattered abroad as sheep having no 
shepherd. Then saith he unto his dis- 
ciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, 
but the labourers are few. Pray ye 
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that 
he will send forth labourers into his 
harvest. 


WT Or else this that followeth out of the 
tenth Chapter of Suint John. 


St. John x. 1. 


A cele verily, I say unto you, He 
that entereth not by the door into 
the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some 
other way, the same is a thief anda 
robber. But he that entereth in by the 
door is the Shepherd of the sheep. ‘To 
him the porter openeth, and the sheep 
hear his voice; and he calleth his own 
sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 
And when he putteth forth his own 
theep, he goeth before them, and the 
sheep follow him; for they know his 
voice. Anda stranger will they not 
follow, but will flee from him ; for they 
know not the voice of strangers. This 
parable spake Jesus unto them, but 
they understood not what things 
they were which he spake unto them. 
Then said Jesus unto them again, Ve- 
rily, verily, Tsay unto you, Iam the 
door of the sheep. All that ever came 
before me are thieves and robbers ; but 
the sheep did not hear them. J am the 
door; by me if any man enter in, he 
shall be saved, and shall go in and out, 
and find pasture. The thief cometh 
not but for to steal, and to kill, and to 
destroy: I am come that they might 
have life, and that they might have it 
more abundantly. [am the good Shep- 
herd ; the good Shepherd giveth his life 
for the sheep. But he that is an hire- 
ling, and not the Shepherd, whose own 
_ the sheep are not, seeth the wolf com- 
ing, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; 
ind the wolf catcheth them, and scat- 
th the sheep. The hireling fleeth, 







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that vill ensue. 


because he is an hireling, and careth not 
for the sheep. Iam the good Shepherd, 
and know my sheep, and am known of 
imine. As the Father knoweth me, 
even so know I the Father: and I lay 
down my life for thesheep. And other 
sheep I have, which are not of this 
fold: them also I must bring, and they 
shall hear ry voice ; and there shall be 
one fold, and one Shepherd. 


i] Then ihe Bishop shall say unto them 
as followeth. 


E have heard, Brethren, as well in 

yeur private examination, as in the 
exhortation which was now made to 
you, and in the holy Lessons taken out 
of the Gospel, and the writings of the 
Apostles, of what dignity, and of how 
great importance this Office is, wheres 
unto ye are called. And now again we 
exhort you, in the Name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that ye have in remem- 
brance, into how high a Dignity and 
to how weighty an Office aud Charge 
ye are called; that isto sny, to be Mes- 
sengers, Watchmen, and Stewards of 
the Lord; to teach, and to premonish, 
to feed and provide for the Lord’s fam- 
ily; to seek for Christ’s sheep that are 
dispersed abroad, and for his children 
who are in the midst of this naughty 
world, that they may be saved through 
Christ for ever. 

Have always therefore printed in 
your remembrance, how great a trea- 
sure is committed to your charge. For 
they are the sheep of Christ, which he 
bought with his death, and for whom 
he shed his blood. The Church and 
Congregation whom you must serve, is 
his Spouse, and his Body. And if it 
shall happen that the same Church, or 
any Member thereof, do take any hurt 
or hindrance by reason of your negli- 
gence, ye know the greatness of the 
fault, and also the horrible punishment 
Wherefore consider 
with yourselves the end of the Ministry 
towards the children of God, towards 
the Spouse and Body of Christ; and 
see that ye never cease your labour, 
your care and diligence, until ye have 
done all that lieth in you, according to 
your bounden duty, to bring all such as 
are or shall be committed to your 
charge, unto that agreement in the faith 
and knowledge of God, and to that 
ripeness and perfectness of age in 
Christ, that there be no place left 


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among you, either for error in religion, 
or for viciousness in life. 

Forasmuch then as your Office is 
both of so great excellency, and of so 
great difficulty, ye see with how great 
Care and study ye ought to apply your- 
selves, as well to show yourselves duti- 
ful and thankful unto that Lord, who 
hath placed you in so high a Dignity ; 
as also to beware that neither you your- 
selves offend, nor be occasion that 
others offend. Howbeit ye cannot 
have a mind and will thereto of your- 
selves ; for that will and ability is given 
of God alone: therefore ye ought, and 
have need, to pray earnestly for his 
Holy Spirit. And seeing that ye cannot 
by any other means compass the doing 
of so weighty a work, pertaining tothe 
salvation of man, but with doctrine 
and exhortation taken out of the Holy 
Scriptures, and with a life agreeable 
to the same; consider how studious ye 
ought to be in reading and learning 
the Scriptures, and in framing the man- 
ners both of yourselves, ‘and of them 
that specially pertain unto you, ac- 
cording to the rule of the same Scrip- 
tures; and for this self-same cause, 
how ye ought to forsake and set aside, 
as much as ye may, all worldly cares 
and studies. 

We have good hope that ye have 
well weighed these things with your- 
selves, long before this time; and that 
ye have clearly determined, by God’s 
grace, to give yourselves wholly to 
this Office, wereunto it hath pleased 
God to call you: so that, as much as 
lieth in you, ye will apply yourselves 
wholly to this one thing, and draw all 
your cares and studies this way; and 
that ye will continually pray to God 
the Father, by the Mediation of our 
only Saviour Jesus Christ, for the hea- 
venly assistance of the Holy Ghast ; 
that, by daily reading and weighing 
the Scriptures, ye may wax riper and 
stronger in your Ministry; and that ye 
may so endeavour yourselves from time 
to time, to sanctify the lives of you 
and yours, and to fashion them after 
the Rule and Doctrine of Christ, that 
ye may be wholesome and godly ex- 
amples and patterns for the people to 
follow. Y 

And now, that this present Con- 
gregation of Christ muy also under- 
stand your minds and wills in these 
things, and that this your promise 


may the more move you to do your 
duties; ye shall answer plainly to 
these things, which we, in the Name 
of God, and of his Church, shall de- 
mand of you touching the same. 


O you think in your heart, that 
you are truly called, according 
to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and according to the Canons of this 
Church, to the Order and Ministry 
of Priesthood ? 
Answer. I think it. 


Tie Bishop. 


RE you persuaded that the Holy 
Scriptures contain all Doctrine 
required as necessary for eternal sal- 
vation through faith in Jesus Christ ? 
And are you determined, out of the 
said Scriptures to instruct the people 
committed to your charge, and to 
teach nothing, as necessary to eter- 
nal salvation, but that which you 
shall be persuaded may be conclud- 
ed and proved by the Scripture ? 
Answer. I am so persuaded, and 
have so determined, by God’s grace. 


The Bishop. 


ILL you then give your faithful 
diligence always so to minister 
the Doctrine and Sacraments, and 
the Discipline of Christ, as the Lord 
hath commanded, and as this Church 
hath received the same, according to 
the Commandments of God; so that 
you may teach the people committed 
to your Cure and Charge with all 
diligence to keep and observe the 
same? 
Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of the Lord. 


The Bishop. 


ye you be ready, with all faith- 
ful diligence, to banish and 
drive away from the Church all er- 
roneous and strange doctrines con- 
trary to God’s Word; and to use 
both public and private monitions 
and exhortations, as well to the siek 
as to the whole, within your Cures, 
as need shall require, and occasion: 
shall be given? i 

Answer. I will, the Lord being my 
helper. : ees 


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The Bishop. 


een you be diligent in Prayers, 
and in reading the Holy Scrip- 
tures, and in such studies as help to 
the knowledge of the same, laying 
aside the study of the worid and the 
flesh ? 

Answer. I will endeavor to do so, 
the Lord being my helper. 


The Bishop. 


By el you be diligent to frame and 
‘Y fashion your own selves, and 
your families, according to the Doe- 
trine of Christ; and io make both 
yourselves and them, as much as in 
you lieth, wholesome examples and 
patterns to the flock of Christ? 

Answer. I willapp'y myself there- 
to, the Lord being my helper. 


The Bishop. 


ILL you maintain and set for- 
wards, as much as lieth in you, 
quietness, peace, and love, among 
all Christian people, and especially 
among them that are or shall be 
committed to your charge ? 
Answer. I will sosdo, the Lord 
being my helper. 
The Bishop. 
lee you reverently obey your 
Bishop, and other chief Minis- 
ters, who, according to the Canons 
of the Church, may have the charge 
and government over you; follow- 
ing with a giad mind and will their 
godly admonitions. and submitting 
yourselves to their godly judgments? 
Answer, I willso do, the Lord be- 
ing my helper. 


Then shall the B'shop, standing 
up, say, 


LMIGHTY God, who hath given’ 


you this will to do all these 
things ; Grant also unto you strength 
and power to perform the same; 
that he may accomplish his work 
which he hath begun in you; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


Yi After this, the Congregation shall 
be desired, secretly in their Prayers, 
to make their humble supplications 
to God for all these things : for the 
which Prayers there shail be silence 
_ kept for a space. 


J After which, shall be sung or said 
by the Bishop, the persons to be or- 
dained Priests all kneeling, Veni, 
Creator Spiritus ; the Bishop begin~ 
ning, and the Priests, and others 
that are present, answering by 
verses, as followeth. 


usin Holy Ghost, our souls in- 
spire, 

And tighten with celestial fire. 

Thou the anointing Spirit art, 

Who dost thy sevenfoid gifts vmpart. 


Thy blessed Unction from above, 
Is comfort, life, and fire of love. 
Enable with perpetual light 

The duiness of our blinded sight. 


Anoint and cheer our soiled face 

With the abundance of thy grace. 

Keep fur our foes, give peace at 
home; 

Where thou art guide, no ill can come. 


Teach us to know the Father, Son, 

And thee, of bots, to be but one. 

That, through the ages all along, 

This may beour endless song ; 
Praise to thy eternal merit, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 


q Or this. 


OME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, 
Proceeding from above, 
Both from the Father and the Son, 
The God of peace and love ; 


Visit our minds, into our hearts 
Thy heavenly grace inspire ; 
That truth and godliness we may 

Pursue with full desire. 


Thou art the very Comforter 
In grief and all distress ; 

The heavenly gift of God most High; 
No tongue cun tt express. 


The fountain and the living spring 
Of joy celestial ; 

The fire so bright, the love so sweet, 
Tie Unction spiritual. 


Thou in thy gifts art manifold, 
By them Christ’s Church doth 
stand ; 
In faithful hearts thow writ'st thy 
law, 


The finger of God's hand. 


According to thy promise, Lord, 
Thou givest speech with grace ; 


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That, through thy help, God’s praises 
may 
Resound in every place. 


O Holy Ghost. into our minds 
Send down thy heavenly light; 

Kindle our hearts with fervent zeat, 
To serve God day and night. 


Our weakness strengthen and con- 
firm 
(For, Lord, thou knowest us frail;) 
That neither devil, world, nor flesh, 
Against us may prevail. 


Put back our enemy far from us, 
And help us to obtain 
Peace in our hearts with God and 
Man, 
(The best, the truest gain ;) 


And grant that thou being, O Lord, 
Our leader and our guide, 

We may escape the snares of sin, 
And never from thee slide. 


Such measures of thy powerful grace 
Graut, Lord, to us, We pray ; 

That thou may’st be our Comforter 
At the last dreadful day. 


Of strife and of d ssension 
Dissolve, O Lord, the bands, 

And knit the knots of peace and love 
Throughout all Christian lands. 


Grant us the grace that we may 
know 
The Father of all might, 
That we of his beloved Son 
May gain the blissful sight ; 


And that we may with perfect faith 
Ever acknowledge thee, 

The Spirit of Father and of Son, 
One Godin Persons Three. 

To God the Father laud and praise, 
And to his blessed Son, 


And to the Holy Spirit of grace, 
Co-egual Three in One. 


And pray we, that our only Lord 
Would please his Spirit to send 
On all that shall profess his Name, 
From hence to the world’s end. 
simen. 


¥ That done, the Bishop shall pray 
in this wise, and say, 
Let us pray. 


LMIGHTY God, and heavenly 
Father, who,of thine infinite love 


and goodness towards us, hast given 
to us thy only and most dearly be- 
loved Son Jesus Christ, to be our 
Redeemer, and the author of ever- 
lasting life; who after he had made 
perfect our redemption by his death, 
and was ascended into leaven, sent 
abroad into the world his Apostles, 
Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and 
Pastors ; by whose labor and minis- 
try he gathered togethera great flock 
in all the: parts of the world, to set 
forth the eternal praise of thy holy 
Name: For these so great benefits 
of thy etern: 1 goodness, and for that 
thou hast voue! hsafed to call these thy 
servants here present to the same 
Office and Mi istry, appointed for 
the salvation of mankind, we render 
unto thee most hearty thanks, we 
praise and worship thee; and we 
humbly beseech thee, by the same 
thy blessed Son, to. grant unto all, 
which either here or elsewhere call 
upon thy holy Name, that we may 
continue to show ourselves thankful 
unto thee for these and all thy other 
benefits ; and that we may daily in- 
crease and go forwards in the know- 
ledge and f-ith of thee and thy Son, 
by the Holy Spirit. So that as well 
by these thy Ministers, as by them 
over whom they shall be appointed 
thy Ministers, thy holy Name may 
be for ever glorified, and thy blessed 
kingdom enlarged; through the 
same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 

who liveth and reigneth with thee 
in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, 
world without end. Amen. 


JY When this Prayer is done, the 
Bishop with the Priests present, 
shall lay their Hands severally upon 
the Head of every one that receiveth 
the Order of Priesthood; the Re- 
ceivers humbly kneeling, and the 
Bishop saying, 


ECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the 
Office and Work of a Priest in 
the Church of God, now committed 
unto thee by the Imposition of our 
hands. Whose sins thou dost for-— 
give, they are forgiven; and whose 
sins ‘thou dost retain, they are re- 
tained. And be thou a faithful Dis- 
penser of the Word of God, and of 
his holy Sacraments; In the Name 


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of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 


| Or this. 


AKE thou Authority to execute 
the Office of a Priest in the 
Church of God now committed to 
thee by the Imposition of our hands. 
And be thou a faithful Dispenser of 
the Word of God, and of his holy 
Sacraments; In the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 

Holy Ghost. Amen. 

I Then tke Bishop shall deliver to 
every one of them knecling, the 
Bible into his hand, saying, 

AKE theu Authority to preach 

the Word of God, and to minister 
the holy Sacraments in the Congre- 
gation, where thou shalt be lawfully 
appointed thereunto. 


Ye When this is done, the Bishop shail 
go on in the Service of the Commu- 
nion, which all they who receive Or- 
ders shall take together, and remain 
in the same place where Hands were 
laid upon them, until such time as 
they have received the Communion. 


VT The Communion being done, after 


¥ And if on the same dry, the Order 


the last Collect, and immediately 
before the Benediction, shall be said 
this Colleet. 


MOST, merciful Father, “we be- 
i¥i seech thee to send upon these 
thy servants thy heavenly blessing ; 
that they may be clothed with 
righteousness, and that thy Word 
spoken by their mouths may have 
such success, that it may never be 
spoken in vain. Grant also, that 
we may have grace to hear and re- 
ceive what they shall deliver out of 
thy most holy Word, or agreeable 
to the same, as the means of our sal- 
vation; that in all our words and 
deeds we may seek thy glory, and 


the increase of thy kingdom; 
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
Amen. 


IIE peace of God, which passeth 
all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je- 
sus Christ our Lord: And the Bless= 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. <Amea. 


of Deacons be given to some, and the 
Order of Priesthood to others ; the Deacons shall be first presented, and 
then the Priests ; and tt shall suffice that the Litany be once said for both. 
The Collects shall both be used; first, that for Deacons, then that for 
Priests. The Epistle shall be Ephesians iv. 7 to 13, as before in this Office. 
Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons, shall be exame- 
ined, and Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read 
the Gospel, (which shall be either out of Saint Matthew ix. 36, as before in 
this Office ; or else Saint Luke xii. 35 to 38, as before in the Form for the 
Ordering of Deacons,) they that are 40 be made Priests shall likewise be 
examined, and Ordained, as is in this Office before appointed. 


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RATION OF BISHOPS. 


THE FORM OF 


ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING A BISHOP. 


1 When all things are duly pre- 
pared in the Church, and set in order 
after Morning Prayer is ended, the 
Presiding Bishop, or some other 
Bishop appointed by the Bishops 
present, shall begin the Communion 
Service, in which this shail be 


The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, who by thy Son 

Jesus Christ didst give to thy 
holy Apostles many excellent gifts, 
and didst charge them to feed thy 
flock; Give grace, we beseech thee, 
to all Bishops, the Pastors of thy 
Church, that they may diligently 
preach thy Word, and duly admin- 
ister the godly Discipline thereof ; 
and grafit to the people, that they 
may “obediently follow the same; 


that all may receive the crown of 


everlasting glory; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


I And another Bishop shall read. the 
Epistie. 
Pepin. 15 

HIS is a true saving, If a man de- 

sire the cffice of a Bishop. he de- 
sireth a good work. A Lishop hen 
must be “plameless, 
one Wife, vigilant, sober, of good 
behaviour, ¢ ven to hospitality apt 
to teach ; not given to wine, no 
striker, not greedy of. filthy luere, 
but patient, nota brawler, not covet- 
ous; one that ruleth well his own 
house, having his childr n in snb- 
jection with al] gravity; (For if a 
mian know not how to rule bis own 
house. how shall] he take care of the 
Church of God?) Not a novice, 
lest being lifted up with pride he 
fall into the conderxna‘ion of the 
devil. Moreover, he must have a 
good report of them which are with- 
out; Jest he fall into reproach, and 
the share of the deyil. 


1 Or this. 
For the Epistle. Acts xx.17. 
ROM Miletus, Paul sent to Ephe- 
sus, and called the Elders of the 


the husband of 


Church, And when they were come 
to him, he said unto them, Ye know, 
from the first d: ay that I came into 
Asia, after what manner I have been 
with you at all seasons, serving the 
Lord with all humility ‘of mind, and 
with many tears und temptations, 
which befell me by the lying in wait 
of the Jews: and how | kept back 
nothing that was profitable unto you, 
but have showed you, and have 
taught you publicly, and from house 
to house, testifying both to the Jews, 
and also to the Greeks, repentance 
toward God. and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. And now behold, 
I go bound inthe spirit unto Jerusa- 
lem, uot knowing the things that 
shall befall me there ; ; save that the 
Holy Ghost witnesseth in every eity, 
saying, That bonds and afflictions 
abide me, But none of these things 
move me, neither count 1 my life 
dear unto m self, so that I might 
finish my course with joy, and the 
ministry which I have received of 
the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel 
of the gra e ot God. And now, be- 
hod, 1 know that ye all, among 
whom I have gone preaching the 
kingdom of God, shall see my face 
no more. Wherefore I take you to 
record this day, that lam pure from 
the blood of all men. ForI have 
not shunned 10 declare unto you all 
the counsel of God. Take heed, 
therefore, unto yourselves,and to all 
the flock, over the which the Holy 
Ghost bath made you Overseers, to 
feed the Church of God, which he 
hath purchased with his own blood. 
For I know this, that after my de- 
parting shall grevious wolves enter 
Il among you, not sparing the flock. 
Also of your own selves shall men 
arise, speaking perverse things, to 
draw away disciples after them. 
Therefore watch, and remember, 
that by the space of three years, I 
ceased not to warn every one, niglit 
and day, with tears. And now, 
brethren, I commend you to God, 


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and to the Word of his grace, which 
is able to build you up, and to give 
you al inheritance among all them 
which are sanctificd. I have covet- 
ed po man’s silver, or gold, or appa- 
rel; yea, ye yourselves know, that 
these hands have ministered unto 
my necessities, and to them that 
were with me. I have showed you 
all things, how that so labouring ye 
ought to support the weak; aud to 
remember the words «f the Lord 
Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed 
to give than to receive. 


J Then another Bishop shall read the 
Gospel. 


St. John xxi. 15. 


ESUS saith to Simon Peter, Simon 

son of Jonas, lovest thou m» more 
than these? He saith unto him, 
Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
lambs. He saith to him again the 
second time, Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovestthoume? Hesaith unto him, 
Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto him, Feed my 
sheep. He saith unto him the third 
time, Simon, Son of Jonas, lovest 
thou me? Peter w:s grieved be- 
cause he said unto him the third 
time, lovest thou me? -And he said 
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all 
things; thou knowest that I love 
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed 
my sheep. 


7 Orthis. St. John xx. 19. 


HE same day at evening, being 

the first day of the week, when 
the doors were :hut where the dis- 
ciples were assembled, for fear of 
the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in 
‘the midst,and saith unto them, Peace 
be unto you. And when he had so 
said, he showed unto them his hands 
and his side. Then were the disci- 
ples glad, when they saw the Lord. 
Then saith Jesus to them again, 
“Peace be unto you: as my Father 
hath sent me, even so send I you. 
And when he had said this, he 
breath d on them, and saith unto 
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 
Whose soever sits ye remit, they are 
emitted unto them; and whose 


_ soever sins ye retain, they are re- 
~ tained. 


OO 


T Or this. St. Matt. xxviii. 18. 
ESUS ec:me and spake unto them, 
saying, Al power is given unto 
me in heaven avuin earth. Go ve 
therefore and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them Jn the Name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Hoty Ghost; teaching them to ob- 
serve all things whatsoever I -have 
commanded you: and jo, lam with 
you alway, even unto the end of the 
world. 


{| After the Gospel and the Sermon 
are ended, the Etected Bishop, vest= 
ed with his Rochet, shall be present- 
ed by two Bishops of this Church 
unto the Presiding Bishop, or to the 
Bishop appointed, sitting in his 
chair, near the Holy Table; the 
Bishops who present him saying, 


EVEREND Father in God, we 
present unto you this Godly and 
well learned man, to be Ordained 
and Consecrated Bishop. 


| Then shall the Presiding Bishop 
demand Testimonials of the person 
presented for Consecration, and 
shall cuuse them to be read. 


| He shall then require of him the 
following Promise of Conformity 
to the Doctrine, Discipline, and 
Worship of the Protestant Episco- 
pal Church. 


il the Name of God, Amen. I, N., 

chosen Bishop of the Protestant 

Episcopal Church in WV., do promise 

conformity and obedience to the 

Doctrine, Discipline, and Worship 

of the Protestant Episcopal Church 

in the United States of America. 

So help me God, through Jesus 

Christ. 

i! Then the Presiding Bishop shall 
move the Congregation present ta 
pray, siying thus to them: 

RETHREN, it is written in the 

UW Gospel of Saint Luke, That our 

Saviour Christ continued the whole 

night in prayer, before he chose and 

sent forth histwelve Apostles. Itis 
written also, that the holy Apostles 
prayed before they ordained Mat- 
thias to be of the number of the 

Twelve. Let us, therefore, follow- 

ing the» example of our Saviour 

Christ, and his Apostles, offer up 


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THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 


our prayers to Almighty God, before 
we adit and send forth this person 
presented unto us, to the work 
whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost 
fath called him. 


‘| And then shall be said the Litany ; 
save oniy, that after this place, 
That it may please thee to illu- 
minate all Bishops, &c., the proper 
Suffrage shal! be. 


baa it may please thee to bless 
this our Brother elected, and to 
send thy grace upon him, that he 
may duly exeeute the Office where- 
unto he is called, to the edifying of 
thy Church, and to the honour, 
praise, and glory of thy Name; 

Answer. iVe beseech thee to hear 
us, good Lord. 


| Then shall be said this Prayer fol- 
lowing. 


LMIGHTY God, giver of all 
good things, who by thy Holy 
Spirit hast appointed divers Orders 
of Ministers in thy Church; Merci- 
fully behold this thy servant now 
called to the Work and Ministry of 
a Bishop, andso replenish him with 
the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn 
him with pmnocency of life, that both 
by word and deed. he may faithfully 
serve thee inthis Office, to the glory 
of thy Name, and the edifying and 
well-governing of thy Church ; 
through the merits of our Saviour 
Jesus Christ, who liveth and reign- 
eth with thee and the Holy Ghost, 
world without end. Aen. 


Then the Presiding Bishop, sitting 
in his chair, shall say to him that is 
tu be consecrated, 


ROTHER, forasmuch as the 
Holy Scripture and the Ancieut 
Canons command, that we should 
not be hasty in laying on hands, and 
admitting any person to Government 
in the Church of Christ, which he 
hath purchased with no less price 
than the effusion of his own blood ; 
before we adimit you to this Admin- 
istration, we Wiil examine you in 
certain Articles, to the end that the 
Congregation present may have a 
trial, and bear witness, how you are 
minded to behave yourself in the 
Chureh of God. . 


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RE you persuaded that you are 
7 truly called to this Ministration, 
according to the will of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, and to the order of this 
Church ? : 

Answer. Tam so persuaded. 


The Presiding Bishop. 


RE you persuaded that the Holy 
Scriptures contain all Doctrine 
required as necessary for eternal sal- 
vation through faith in Jesus Christ ? 
And are you determined, out of the 
same Holy Scriptures to instruct the 
people committed to your charge; 
aud to teach or maintain nothing, 
as necessary to eternal salvation, 
but that which you shall be persuad- 
ed may be concluded and proved by 
the same ? 
Answer. J am so persuaded, and 
determined, by God’s grace. 


The Presiding Bishop. 


ILL you then faithfully exercise 
yourself in the Holy Scriptures, 
and call upon God by prayer for the 
true understanding of the same}; so 
that you may be able by them to 
teach and exhort with wholesome 
Doctrine, and to withstand and con- 
vince the gainsayers ? 
Answer. I wil: so do, by the help 
of God. 


The Presiding Bishop. 


RE you ready, with all faithful 
diligence, to banish and drive 
away from the Church all erroneous 
and strange doctrine contrary to 
God’s Word ; and both privately and 
openly to call upon and encourage 
others to the same ? 
Answer. 1 am ready, the Lord 
being my helper. 


The Presiding Bishop. 


JILL you deny all ungodliness 
and worldly lusts, and live so- 
berly, righteously, and godly in this 
present world; that you may show 
yourself in all things an example of 
good works unto others, that the 
adversary may be ashamed, naving — 
nothing to say against you ? 
Answer. I will so do, the Lord 
being my helper. ag 





THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 


The Presiding Bishop. 


wil. you maintain and set for- 
ward, as much as shall lie in 
you, quietness, love, and peace 
among al] men; and diligently exer- 
cise such discipline as by the author- 
ity of God’s Word, and by the order 
of this Church, is committed to you? 
Answer. I will so do, by the help 
of God. 


The Presiding Bishop. 
\ ILL you be faithful in Ordain- 
upon others ? 


ing, sending, or laying hands 
Answer. I will-so be, by the help 


of God. 
The Presiding Bishop. 
\ ILL you show yourself gentle, 
and be merciful for Christ’s 
sake to poor and needy people, and 
to all strangers destitute of help ? 
A»swer. Iwill so show myself, by 
God’s help. 


Q Then the Presiding Bishop, stand- 
é ing up, shail say, 


ees God, our heavenly 
Father, who hath given you 
a good will to do all these things, 
Grant also unto you strength and 
ower to perform the same; that, 
e accomplishing in you the good 
work which he hath begun, you may 
be found perfect and irreprehensible 
at the latter day; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


¥ Then shall the Bishop elect put on 
the rest of the Episcopal habit; and, 
kneeling down, Veni, Creator Spi- 
.ritus, shall be sung or said over him; 
the Presiding Bishop beginning, 
and the Bishops, with others that 
are present, answering by verses, 
as followeth. 
OME, Holy Ghost, oar souls in- 
spire, 
And lighten with celestial fire. 
Thou the anointing Spirit art, 
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. 


Thy blessed Unction from above, 
Is comfort, life, and fire of love. 
Enable with perpetual light 

The dulness of our blinded sight. 


Anoint and cheer our soiled face 
With the abundance of thy grace. 


Keep far our foes, give peace at 
home ; 


Where thou art guide, no ill can come. 


Teach us to know the Father, Son, 

And thee, of both, to be but one. 

That, through the ages all along, 

This may beour endless song ; 
Praise to thy eternal merit, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 


q On thes. 


OME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, 
Proceeding from above, 
Both from the Father and the Son, 
The God of peace and love ; 


Visit our minds, into our hearts 
Thy heavenly grace inspire ; 
That truth and godliness we may 

Pursue with full desire. 


Thou art the very Comforter 
In grief and all distress ; 

The heavenly gift of God most High; 
No tongue can it express. 


The fountain and the living spring 
Of joy celestial ; 

The fire so bright, the love so sweet, 
The Unction spiritual. 


Thou in thy gifts art manifold, 
By them Christv’s Church doth 
stand : 
In faithful hearts thow writ'st thy 
law, 
The finger of God’s hand. 


According to thy promise, Lord, 
Thou givest speech with grace ; 
That, through thy help, God’s praises 

may Pe 
Resound in every place. 


O Holy Ghost, into our minds 
Send down thy heavenly light ; 
Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal, 

To serve God day and night. 


Our weakness strengthen and con- 
firm, 
(For, Lord, thou knowest us frail) 
That neither devil, world, nor flesh, 
Against us may prevail. 


Put back our enemy far from us, 
And help us to obtain 
Peace in our hearts with God and 
Man, 
(The best, the truest gain ;) 


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THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. 


And grant that thou being, O Lord, 
Our leader and our guide, 

We may escape the snares of sin, 
And never from thee slide. 


Such measures of thy powerful grace 
Grat, Lord, to us, We pray ; 

That thoumay’st be our Comforter 
At the last dreadful day. 


Of strife and of d ssension 
Dissolve, O Lord, the bands, 

And knit the knots of peace and love 
Tiroughout all Christian lands. 


Grant us the grace that we may 
know 
The Father of all might, 
That we of his beloved Son 
May gain the blissful sight ; 


And thet we may with perfect faith 
Ever acknowledge thee, 

The Spirit of Futher and of Son, 
One Godin Persons Tirce. 


To God the Father laud and praise, 
And to his blessed Son, 

And to the Holy Spirit of grace, 
Co-equaul Three in One. 


And pray we, that our only Lord 
Would please his Spirit to send 
On all that shall profess his N.me, 
From hence to the world’s end. 
Amen. 


J That ended, the Presiding Bishop 
shall say, 
Lord, hear our prayer. 
Answer. And let our ery come 
unto thee. 


Let us pray. 

LMIGHTY God, and most mer- 
cifal Father, who, of thine infi- 
nite goodness, hast given thine only 
and dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, 
to be our Redeemer, and the author 
of everlasting life; who after that 
he had made perfect our Redemption 
by his death, and was ascended into 
heaven, poured down his gifts abui- 
dantly upon men, making some 
Apostles, some Prophets, some 
Evanvelists, some Pastors and Doc- 
lors ; to the edifying and making per- 
fect his Church; Grant, we beseech 
thee, to this thy servant, such grace, 
that he inay evermore be ready to 
spread abroad thy Gospel, the glad 
tidings of reconciliation with thee ; 
and use the authority given him, not 


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to destruction, but to salvation ; not 
to hurt, but to help: so that, asa 
wise and faithful servant, giving to 
thy family their portion in dite sea- 
son, he may at last be received into 
everlasting joy; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, who with thee and the 
FEoly Ghost liveth and reigneth, one 
God, world without end. Aven. 


GY Ten the Presiding Bishop and 
Bishops present shall lay their 
Hinds upon tre Head of the Elected 
Bishop, kneeng before thei, the 
Presiling Bishop saying, 
ECE!VE the Holy Ghost for the 
Office and Work of a Bishop in- 
the Chureh of God, now committed 
unto thee by the Imposition of our 
hands; In the Name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. Amen. And remember that 
thou stir up the grace of God, which 
is given thee by this Imposition of 
our hands: for God hath not given 
us the spirit of fear; but of power, 
and love, and soberness. 


@ Then the Presiding Bishop shall 
deliver him the Bible, saying, 


IVE heed unto reading, exhorta- 
T tion, and doctrine. Think upon 
the things contained in this Bouk. . 
Be diligent in them, that the increase 
coming thereby may he manifest 
unto all men; for by so doing thow 
shalt both save thyself and them that 
hear thee. Be to the Hock of Christ 
a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, 
devourthem not. Hold up the weak, 
heal the siek, bind up the broken, 
bring again the outcasts, seek the 
lost. Be somercifal, that you be not 
too remiss ; ‘so minister discipline, 
that you forget not merey: that 
when the Chief Shepherd shall ap-_ 
pear, you Imay receive the never- 
fading crown of glory; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. ; 


G Then the Presiding Bishop shall 
proceed tn the Communion Services 
with whom the new Consecratem 
Bishop, with others, shalt also 
communicate. ae 

J And for the last Collect, immedi= 
ately bfore the Benediction, shal 
be sid this Prayer. 

Moe merciful Father, we be- 
. seech thee to send down upon 








THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 


this thy servant thy heavenly bless- 
ing; and so endue him with thy Holy 
Spirit, that he, preaching thy Word, 
May not only be earnest to reprove, 
beseech, and rebuke, with all pa- 
tience and doctrine; but also may be 
to such as believe a wholesome ex- 
ample, in love, in faith, in chastity, 
and in purity ; that, faithfully fulfill- 
ing nis course, at the latter day he 
May receive the crown of righteous- 
ness, laid up by the Lord, the 
righteous Judge, who liveth and 





reigneth one God with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, world without 
end. Amen. 


ghee peace of God, which passeth 
all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je- 
sus Christ our Lord: And the Bless- 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 


THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 


GOD the Father of heaven; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Father of heaven; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the 
world; have mercy upon us misera- 
ble sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the 
world ; have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding 
from the Father and the Son; have 
Mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding 
from the Father and the Son; have 
mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious 
Trinity, three Persons and one God; 
have mercy upon us miserable sin- 
ners. 

O ho'y, blessed, and glorious Trin- 
ity, three Persons and one God; have 
mercy upon us miserab’e sinners. 

Kemember not, Lord, our offences, 
nor the offences of our forefathers ; 
Neither take thou vengeance of our 
sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy 
people, whom thou hast redeemed 
With thy most precious blood, and 

be not angry with us for ever. 

Spare us good Lord. P 
_, From all evil and mischief; from 

sin; fromthe crafts and assauits of 
‘the devil; from thy wrath and from 
€yerlasting damnation, 


ee Oot 


Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all blindness of heart; from 
pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; 
from envy, hatred, and malice, and- 
all uncharitableness, 

Good Lord, deiiver us. 

From all inordinate and sinful af- 
fections ; and from all the deceits of 
the worid, the flesh, and the devil, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From lightning and tempest; from 
plague, pestilence, and famine; from 
battle and murder, and from sudden 
death, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

From all sedition, privy conspira- 
cy, and rebellion; from all false doc- 
trine, heresy, and schism; from 
hardness of heart, and contempt of 
thy word and commandment, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

By the mystery of thy holy Incar- 
nation; by thy holy Nativity and 
Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fast- 
ing and Temptation, " 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

By thine Agony and_ Bloody 
Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion ; 
by thy precious Death and Burial; 
by thy glorious Resurrection and 
Ascension; and by the coming of 
the holy Ghost, 

Good Lord, deliver us. 

In all time of our tribulation; in 
all time of our prosperity; im the 


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\ 


THE LITANY AND SUFF RAGES. 


hour of death, and in the day of 
Judgment, 

Good tor d, deliver us. 

We sinners do beseech thee to 
hear us, O Lord God; and that it 
may please thee to rule and govern 
thy holy Church universal in the 
right way ; 

“We bescech thee to hear us, good 
Lord, 

That it may please thee to bless 
and preserve all Christian Rulers 
and Magistrates; giving them grace 
to execute justice, and to maintain 
truth ; 

We besezch thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to illumi- 
nate all Bishops, Priests, and Dea- 
cons, With true knowledge and un- 
derstandiig of thy Word; and that 
both by their preaching and living 
they may set it forth, and show it 
accordingly 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lori. 

That it may please thee to bless 
these thy servants, now to be admit- 
ted to the Order of Deacons, [or 
Priests,| aud to pour thy grace upon 
them; that they may duly execute 
their Office to the edifying of thy 
Church, and the Glory of thy holy 
Name}; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to bless 
and keep all thy people; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give to 
all nations unity, peace, and con- 
cord; 

We beseech thee to hear us; 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give us 
an heart to love and fear thee. and 
diligently to live after thy command- 
ments ; 

We beseech thee to hear ws, good 
Lord. 


That it may please thee to give 
to all thy people increase of grace 
to hear meekly thy Word, and to 
receive it with pure affection, and 
to bring f rth the fruits of the Spirit; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord, 

That it may please thee to tie 


good 


into the way of truth all such as 
have erred, and are deceived; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lori. 

That it may please thee to 
strengthen such asdo stand ; and to 
comfort and help the weak-hearted; 
and to raise up those who fall; and 
finally to beat down Satan under our 


Leet; 
We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. , 


That it may please thee to succor, 
help, and comfort, all who are in 
danger, necessity, and tribulation ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to pre- 
serve all who travel by land or by 
water, all women inthe perils of 
child-birth, all sick persons, and 
young children; aid to show thy 
pity upon all prisoners and captives; 

We bescech thee to hear us, goum 
Lord. 


That it may please thee to defend, 
and provide for, the fatherless chil- 
dren and widows, and al who are 
desolate and oppressed ; 

We besecch thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to have 
mercy upon all men ; 

We bescech thee iv hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to forgive 
our enemies, persecutors, and slan- 
derers, and to turn their hearts; 

We bescech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 


That it may nieaae thee to give 
and preserve to our use the kindly 
fruits of the earth, so that in due 
time we may enjoy them; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 

That it may please thee to give us 
true repentance; to forgive us all 
our sins, negligences, and ignoran- 
ces; and lo endue us with the grace 
of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives 
according to thy holy Word ; 

We beseech thee to hear us, good 
Lord. 


Son of God, we beseech thee to 
hear us. 

Son of God, we bescech thee to hear | 
Us. ; 


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THE LITANY AND SUFFRAGES. 


O Lamb of God, who takest away 
the sius of the world; 

Grant is thu peace. 

t Lamb of God, who takest away 
the sins of the world; 

Have mercy upon us. 


J The Bishop may, at his discretion. 
omit ali that follows, to the Prayer 
We humbly beseech thee, O 
Father, &c. 

O Christ, hear us. 

O Chr st, hear us. 

Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Lerd, hawe mercy upon us. 
Christ, have mercy upon us. 
Christ, have mercy uponas. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 
Lord, have mercy upon us. 


@] Tren shall the Bishop, and the 
People with him, say the Lord's 
Przyer. 

UR Father, who art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy Name ‘Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As it isin heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we 
forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation; 

But deliver us from evil! Amen. 
Bishop. O Lord, deal not with us 

according to our sins. 

Answer. Neither reward us ac- 
cording to our iniquities. 
Let us pray. 
God, merciful Father, who des- 
pisest not the sighing of a contrite 
heart, nor the desire of such as are 
sorrowful; Mercitully assist our 
prayers which we make before 
thee in all our troubles and adver- 
Silies, Whensoever they oppress us; 
and graciously hear us, that those 
evils which the craft and sub- 
tilty of the devil or man worketh 
against us, may, by thy good provi- 
dence, be brought to nought; that 

Wwe thy servarts, being hurt by no 

persecutions, may evermore give 


Here endeth 


| 


thanks unto thee in thy holy Church 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us for thy Nme’s sake. 
GOD, we have heard with our 
ears, and our fathers have de- 
clared unto us, the noble works that 
thou didst in their days, and in the 
old time before them. 
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver 
us, for thine horor. 
Glory be to the Father, andi» the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 
Answer. As it was in the begin- 
ning, is now, and. ever shail be, 
world without end. Amen, 


From our enemies defend ur, O 
Christ. 

Gractously look upon ourafflictions 

With pity behold the sorrows of 
our hearts. 

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy 
people. 

Favorably with merey hear our 
prayers. 

O Son of 
us. 

Both now and ever youchsafe to 
hear us, O Christ. 

Greciously hear us, O Christ ; gra- 
ciously hear us, O Lord Christ. 


! 
Dawid, have mercy upon 


Bishop. O Lord, let thy mercy be 
showed upon us; 
Answer. As we do r trust in 


thee. 


Let us pray. 


Ws humbly beseech thee, O 
Father, mercifully to look upon 
our infirmities; and, for the glory of 
thy Name, turn from us all those 
evils which we most justly have 
deserved: and graut, that in all our 
troubles We inay put our whole 
trust and confideiuce in thy mercy, 
and evermore serve thee in holiness 
and pureness of living, to thy honor 
and glory; through our only Medi- 
ator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


the Litany. 


487 


THE COMMUNION. 


THE ORDER FOR 
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, OR 


HOLY COMMUNION. 


Biers Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom econe. Thy will be done 
on earth, As tis in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. Ard 
forgive us our trespasses, AS we 
forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 


The Collect. 


LMIGHTY God, unto whom all 

hearts are open, all desires 
known, and from whom no secrets 
are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of 
our hearts by the inspiration of thy 
Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly 
love thee, and worthily magnify thy 
holy Name; through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


J Then shall the Bishop, turning to 
the People, rehearse distinctly the 
Ten ses. lade ; and the Peo- 
ple, still kneeling, shall, after every 
Commandment, ask God mercy for 
their transgressions for the time 
past, and grace to keep thelaw for 
the time to come, as followeth. 

Bishop. 
OD spake these words, and said ; 
I am the Lord thy God: Thou 
shalt have none other gods but me. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not make to 
thyself any graven image, nor the 
likeness of any thing that is in hea- 
ven above, or in the earth beneath, 
or in the water under the earth. 
Thou shalt not bow down to them, 
nor worship them: for I the Lord 
thy God am a jealous God, and visit 
the sins of the fathers upon the chil- 
dren, unto the third and fourth gen- 
eration of them that hate me ; “and 
show mercy unto thousands in them 


488 


that love me, and keep my com- 
mandments. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not take the 
Name of the Lord thy God in vain: 
for the Lord will not hold him guilt- 
less. that taketh his Name in vain. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Remember that thou keep 
holy the Sabbath-day. Six days 
shalt thon labour, and do all that 
thou hast to do; but the seventh 
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy 
God. In it thou shalt do no manner 
of work; thou, and thy Son, and thy 
daughter, thy man-servant, and 
thy maid- servant, thy cattle, and the 
stranger that is within thy gates. 
For in six days the Lord made hea- 
ven and earth, the sev, and all that 
in them is, and rested "the seventh 
day: wherefore the Lord blessed 
the seventh day, and hallowed it. 

People. Lord, have merey upon 
us, and incline our heme to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Honor thy father and thy 
mother ; that thy days may be long 
in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

People. Word, have merey upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop Thou shalt dono murder. 

People. Lord, have merey upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not commit 
adultery. 

People. Word, have merey upon 
us, and incline our hearts to keep 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not steal. 

People. Lord, have mercy upon 
us, and incline ‘our hearts to keep 
this law. 


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THE COMMUNION. 


Bishop. Thou shalt not bear false 
Witness against thy neighbour. 

People. Lord, have merey upon 
us, and incline our hearts to kezp c¢ 
this law. 

Bishop. Thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour’s house, thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his 
servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, 
nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. 

People. Lord have merey upon 
us, and write all these thy Jaws in 
our hearts, we beseech thee. 


I Then the Bishup may say. 


what our Lord Jesus 
Christ saith. 


HOU shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul, and with all thy mind. 
This is the first aud great command- 
ment. And the second is like unto 
it; Tho: shalt love thy neighbour 
as thyself. On these two command- 
ments hang all the Law and the 
Prophets. 


Hear also 


Let us pray. 


ALMIGHTY Lord, and ever- 

lasting God, vouchs: fe, we be- 
seech thee, to direct, sanctify, and 
govern, both our hearts and bodies, 
In the ways of thy laws, and in the 
works of thy commandments ; pythatghs 
through thy most mighty protection, © 
both here and ever, we may be pre- 
served in body and soul; through 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 


VT Then sha be read the Collect, 
Epistle, and Gospel, as they are 
appointed. 

WT Then shall be read the Apostles’, or 
Ncene Creed; unless one of them 


hath been read immediately before, 
in the Morning Service. 


J Then shall the Bishop begin the 
Offertory, saying one or more of 
these Sentences fo’lowing, as he 
thinketh most convenient. 


ET your light so shine before men 

that they” may see your good 
works, and glorify your Fs “ther 
Which isinheaven. St, Matt. v.14. 

Lay not up for yourselves trea- 
sures upon earth; where moth and 
Tust doth corrupt, and where thieves 


break through and steal: but lay up 
for yourselves treasures in heaven; 
where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not 
break through nor steal. St. Matt. 
vi. 19, 20. 

Whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, even so do to 
them: for this is the Law and the 
Prophets. St. Matt. vii. 12. 

Not every one that saith unto me, 
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
Kingdom of beaven; but he that 
doeth the will of my Father which 
is in heave). + St. Matt. vii. 21. 

Zaccheus stood forth, and said 
unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the 
half of my goods I give to the poor; 
and if I have done any wrong to any 
man, I restore fourfold. St. Luke 
B-Qageh 

Who goeth a warfare at any time 
of his own cost? Who planteth a 
vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit . 
thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, 
and eateth not of the milk of the 
flock? 1 Cor. ix. 7 

If we have sown unto you spirit- 
ual things, is it a great matter 1f we 
shall reap your worldly things? 
by Con ie Ve 

Do ye not know, that they who 
ao about hol y things live of 

RE se ctiice 5 and they who Walt at 






pltax artakers with the 
hath the Lord also 
of Peds at they W each the 


Gospel. should live of pa Gospel. 
1 Cor. ix. 13, 14. 

He that soweth little shall reap 
little; and he that soweth plente- 
ously shall reap plenteously. Let 
every man do according as he is 
disposed in his heart, not grudgingly, 
or of necessity ; for God loveth a 
cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. 

Let him that is taught in the Word 
minister unto him that teacheth, in 
all good things. Be not deceived, 
God is not mocked : for whatsoever 
a man soweth that shall he reap. 
Gal. vi 6.7. 

While we have time, let us do 
good unto all men; and especially 
unto them that are of the household 
of faith. Gal. vi. 10. 

Godlin’ss is great riches, if a man 
be content with that he hath: for 
we brought nothing into this world, 


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THE COMMUNION. 


neither may we carry any thing out. 
1 Tim. vi. 6, 7. 

Charge them who are rich in this 
world, that they be ready to give, 
and glad to distribute ; laying up in 
store for themselves a good founda- 
lion against the time to come, that 
they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. 
vi. 17, 18, 19. 

God is not unrighteous, that he 
will forget your works, and labour 
that proceedeth of love ; which love 
ye have showed for his Name’s sake, 
who have ministered unto the saints, 
and yet do minister. Heb. vi. 10. 

To do good, and to distribute, for- 
get not; for with such sacrifices 
God is well p'eased. Heb. xiii. 16. 

Whoso hath this world’s good, 
and seeth his brother have need, and 
shutteth up his compassion from 
him, how dwelleth the love of God 
in him? 1 St. John iii. 17. 

Give alms of thy goods, and never 
turn thy face from any poor man; 
and then the face of the Lord shall 
not be turned away from thee. Tobit 
LVigvie 

Be merciful after thy power. If 
thou hast much, give plenteously ; 
if thou hast little. do thy diligence 
gladly to give of that little: for so 
gatherest thou thyself a good reward 
im the day of necessity. Tobit iy. 





8, 9. 
"He th pity upon the poor 
lendeth u e Lorp: and look, 


what he layeth out, it shall be paid 


Blessed be the man that provideth 
for the sick and needy: the Lord 
shall deliver him in the time of 
trouble. Psalm xli. 1. 


| Whilst these Sentences arein read- 
ing, the Deacons, Church-wardens, 
or other fit persons appointed for 
that purpose, shall receive the Alms 
for the Poor, and other Devotions 
of the People, in a decent Basin to 
be provided by the Parish for that 
purpose ; and reverenily bring it to 
the Bishop, who shall humbly pre- 
sent and place it upon the Holy 
Table. 


T And the Bishop shail then place 
upon the Table so much Bread and 
Wine as he shall think sufficient ; 
after which, he shall say, 


Let us pray for the whole state of 
Christ’s Church militant. 


LMIGHTY and everliving God» 

who by thy holy Apostle hast 
taught us to make prayers, and sup- 
plications, and to give thanks for all 
men: We humbly beseech thee 
most mercifully [*to accept our alms 
and oblations, and] to receive these 
our prayers, which we offer unto 
thy Divine Majesty; beseeching 
thee to inspire continually the Uni- 
versal Chureh with the spirit of 
truth, unity, and concord : and grant 
that all those who do coufess thy 
holy Name may agree in the truth 
of thy holy Word, and live in unity, 
and godly love. We beseech thee 
also, so to direct _and dispose the 
hearts of all Christian Rulers, that 
they may truly and impartially ad- 
minister justice. to the punishment 
of wickedness and vice, and to the 
maintenance of thy true religion and 
virtue. Give grace, O heavenly 
Father, to all Bishops and other 
Ministers. that they may, both by 
their life and doctrine, set forth thy 
true and lively Word, and rightly 
and duly administer thy holy Saera- 
ments. And to all thy people give 
thy heavenly grace;and especially to 
this congregation here present; that, 
with meek heart and due reverence, 
they may hear, and receive thy holy 
Word; truly serving thee in holi- 
ness and righteousness all the days 
of their life. And we most humbly 
beseech thee, of thy goodness, O 
Lord, to comfort and saeco all 
those who, in this transitory life, 
are In trouble, sorrow, need, sick- 
ness, or any other adversity. And 
we also bless thy holy Name for all 
thy servants departed this life in thy 
faith and fear; beseeching thee to 
give us grace so to follow their good 
examples, that with them we may 
be partakers of thy heavenly king- 
dom. Grant this, O Father, for 
Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Media- 
tor and Advocate. Amen. 





* If there be no alms or oblations, 
then shail the words [to aecept our 
alms and oblations, aud] be left un- 
said, 


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THE COMMUNION. 


% The Bishop shall then say this Ex- 
hortation. 


EARLY beloved in the Lord, ye 
who mind to come to the Holy 
Communion of the Body and Blood of 
our Saviour Christ, must consider how 
St. Paul exhorteth all persons diligent- 
ly to try and examine themselves before 
they presume to eat of that Bread, and 
drink of that Cup. For as the benefit 
is great, if with a true penitent heart 
and lively faith we receive that holy 
Sacrament; so is the danger great, if 
we receive the same unworthily. Judge 
therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye 
be not judged of the Lord; repent ye 
truly for your sins past; have a livel 
and steadfast faith in Christ our Sa- 
viour; amend your lives, and be in 
perfect charity with all men; so sha!l 
ye be meet partakers of those holy mys- 
teries. And above all things ye must 
give most humble and hearty thanks to 
God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Ghost, for the redemption of the worid 
by the death and passion of our Sa- 
viour Christ, both God and man; who 
did humble himself, even to the death 
upon the Cross, for us, miserable sin- 
ners, who lay in darkness and the sha- 
dow of death; that he might make us 
the children of God, and exalt us to 
everlasting life. And to the end that 
we should always remember the ex- 
ceeding great love of our Master, 
and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus 
dying for us, and the innumerable he- 
nefits which by his precious b'ood- 
shedding he hath obtained for us; he 
hath ee ow ordained holy mys- 
teries, as pledges-of his love, and for a 
continual remembrance of his death, 
to our great and endless comfort. To 
him therefore, with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost, let us give (as we are most 
bounden) continual thanks; submit- 
ting ourselves wholly to his holy will 
and pleasure, and studying to serve 
him in trué holiness and righteosness 
all the days of our life. Amen. 


WT Then shall the Bishop say to those 
who come to receive the Holy Com- 
munion, 


i who do truly and earnestly repent 
‘L you of your sins, and are in love 
and charity with your neighbors, and 
intend to lead a new life, following the 
‘commandments of Ged, and walking 


from henceforth in his holy ways; 
Draw near with faith, and take this 
holy Sacrament to your comfort; and 
make your humble confession to Al+ 
mighty God, devoutly kneeling. 


YJ Then shall this general Confession 
be made by the Bishop and all those 
who are minded to receive the Holy 
Communion, humbly kneeling. 


LMIGHTY God, Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Maker of all 
things, Judge ofall men; We acknow- 
ledge and bewail our munifold sins and 
wickedness, Which we, from time to 
time, most grievously have committed, 


Y By thought, word, and deed, Against 


thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most 
justly thy wrath and indignation 
against us. Wedo earnestly repent, 
And are heartily sorry for these our 
misdoings ; The remembrance of them 
is grievous unto us; The burden of . 
them is intolerable. Have mercy upon 
us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful 
Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ’s sake, Forgive us all that is 
past; And grant that we may ever 
hereafter Serve and please thee In 
newness of life, To the honor and 
glory of thy Name; Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


{| Then shall the Bishop stand up, 
@ d turning to the Pe pie iy, 
Ae God, our heavenly Fa- 

ther, who of his great mercy hath 
promised forgiveness of sins to all 
those who with hearty repentance and 
true faith turn unto him; Have mercy 
upon you; pardon and deliver you 
from all your sins; confirm and 
strengthen you in all goodness; and 
bring you to everlasting life; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


I Then shall the Bishop say, 





Hear what comfortable words our Sa- 
viour Christ saith unto all who truly 
turn to him. 


OME unto me, all ye that travail 
and are heavy laden, and I will 
refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. 

So God loved the world, that he gave 
his only-begotten Son, to the end that 
all that believe in him should not per- 
ish, but have everlasting life. St. John 
iii. 16. 


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THE COMMUNION. 


Hear also what Saint Paul saith. 
This is a true saying, and worthy of 
allmen to be received, that Christ 
Jesus came into the world to save sin- 
ners. 1°Fm.1. 15. 


Hear also what Saint John saith. 

If any man sin, we have an Advo- 
cate with the Father, Jesus Christ the 
righteous; and he is the Propitiation 
for our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1, 2. 


WT After which the Bishop shall pro- 
cced, saying, 


Lift up your hearts, 

Answer. We lift them up unto the 
Lord. 

Bishop. Let us give thanks unto our 
Lord God. 
Answer. It is meet and right so to 
do. 


WT Then shall the Bishop turn to the 
Lord’s Table, and say, 


T is very mest, right, and our boun- 

den duty, that we should at all 
times, and in all pluces, give thanks 
unto thee, O Lerd, [*Holy Father,] 
Almighty, Everiasting God. 


Q Here shall follow the Proper Pre- 
face, according to the time, if there 
be any specially appointed; or else 
immediately shall be said or sung 
by the Bishop and People, 


fgets te with Angels and 
Archangels, and with all the com- 
pahy of heaven, we laud and magnify 
thy glorious Name; evermore praising 
thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, 
Lord God of hostgyheaven and eurth 
are full of thy glory; Glory be to thee, 
O Lord Most High.’’ Amen. 





PROPER PREFACES, 


Upon Christmas-day, and seven days 
after. 


ECAUSE thou didst give Jesus 
Christ, thine only Son, to be born 





Virgin | la and that 
without spot of sin, to make us clean 
from all sin. Therefore, with Angels, 


&e. 


Upon Easter-day, and seven days 
after. 


ie chiefly are we bound to pra‘se 
thee for the glorious Resurrection 
of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for 
he is the very Paschal Lamb, which 
was offered for us, and hath taken away 
the sin of the world; who by his death 
hath destroyed death, and, by his ris- 
ing to life again, hath restored to us 
everlasting life. Therefore with An- 
gels, &c. 


Upon Ascension-day, and seven days 
. after. 


HROUGH thy most dearly beloved 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; who, 
after his most glorious Resurrection, 
manifestly appeared to all his Apos- 
tles, and in their sight ascended up 


into heaven, to prepare a place for us; 
that where he is, thither we might alsa 
asceud, and reign with -him in glory. 
Therefore with Angels, &c. 


Upon Whit-Sunday, and six days . 
. after. 


HROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord; 

according to whose most true pro- 
mise, the Holy Ghost came down as at 
this time trom heaven, with a sudden 
great sound, as it had been a mighty 
wiud, in the likeness of fiery tongues, 
lighting upon the Apostles, to teach 
them, and to lead them to all truth; 
giving them both the gift of divers lan- 
guages, and also boldness with fervent 
zeal constantly to preach the Gospel 
unte all nations; whereby we have 
been brought out of darkness and error 
into the clear light and true knowledge 
of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. 
Therefore with Angels, &c. 


Upon the Feast of Trinity only, may 
be said, 


HO art one God, one Lord; not 
one only Person, but three Pet-» 
sons inone Substance. For that which 








* These words (Holy Father,] must 
be omitted on Trinity Sunday. 


492 


THE COMMUNION. 


we believe of the glory of the Fether, 


the same we believe of tne Sun, and of 


the Holy Ghost, without any difference 
or inequaliiy. Therefore with Angels, 
&e. 


¥| Or else this may be said, the words 
Holy Father being retained in the 
introductory Address. 


oe the precious death and merits 
of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, 
and for the sending to us of the Holy 
Ghost, the Comforter; who are one 
with thee im thy Eternal Godhead. 
‘Therefore with Augels, &c. 


Tien shall the Bishop, kneeling 
down at the Lord’s Tabie, say, in 
the name of ali those who shall re- 
ceive the Communion, this Prayer 
Sollowing. 


\ E do not presttme to come 
to this thy Tabie, O merciful 
Lord, trusting in our own righteous- 
ness, but in thy manifold and great 
mercies. We are not worthy so much 
as to gather up the crumbs under thy 
Table. But thou art the seme Lord, 
whose property is always to have mer- 
cy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, 
so to eat the flesh of thy,dear Son 
Jesus Christ. and to drink his blood, 
that our sinful bodies may be made 
clean by his body, and our sculs 
washed through his most precious 
blood, and that we may evermore 
dwell in him, and he inus. Amen. 


VT When the Bishop, standing before 
the Table, hath so ordered the Bread 
and Wine, that he may with the 
more readiness and decency break 
the Bread before the People, and 
take the Cup into his hands, he shall 
say the Prayer of Consecration, as 
followeth. 


ee glory be to thee, Almighty 
God, our heavenly Father, for that 
thon, of thy tender mercy, didst give 
thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer 
death upon the Cross for our redemp- 
tion; who made there (by his one 
oblation of himself once offered) a 
full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, 
oblation and satisfaction, for the 
sins of the whole world; and did 
institute, and in his holy Gospel 
command us to continue, a perpet- 
usl memo of that his precious 
death and sacrifice, until his coming 


P 


again: For in the 
night in which he was 
betrayed, (a) he took 
Bread ; and when he 
had given thanks (b) 
he brake it, and gave 
it to his disciples, say- 
ing, Take, eat, (c) this 
is my Body, which is 
given for you; do this 
in remembrance of 
me. Likewise, after 
supper, (d) he. took 
the Cup; and when 
he had given thanks, 
he gave it to them, 
saying, Drink ye all of 
this ; for (e) this is my 
Blocd of the New 
Testament, which is 
shed for you, and for 


(a) Here the 
Bishop is to 
take the Paten 
into his hands. 

(b) And here 
to break the 
Bread. 

(c) And here 
to lay his 
hand upon all 
the Bread. 


(d) Here he 

is to tuke the 
Cup into his 
hand. 


(e) And here 
heis tolay his 
hand upon ev- 
ery vessel, in 


which there is 
any Wine to 
be  consecrae 
ted. 


maby, for the remis- 
sion of sins; do this, 
as oft as ye shall 
drink it. in remem- 
brance of me. 


A eee ade O 
Lord and hea- 
venly Father, accord- 
ing to the institution of thy dearly 
beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, 
we, thy humble servants, do ceiebrate 
aud make here before thy Divine Ma- 


jesty, with these thy holy a which 


The Oblation. 


we now offer unto thee, the memorial 
thy Son hath commanded us to make ; 
having in remembrance his blessed 
passion and precious deuth, his mighty 
resurrecticn and glorious ascension ; 
rendering unto thee most hearty thanks 
for the innumeruble benefits procured 
unto us by the same. 

And we most humbly The Invocation, 
beseech thee, O mer- 

ciful Father, to hear us; and of thy 
almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless 
and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy 
Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of 
bread and wine; that we, receiving 
them according to thy Son our Saviour 
Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in re- 
membrance of his death and passion, 
may be partakers of his most blessed 
Body and Blood. And we earnestly 
desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully 
to accept this our sacrifice of praise 
and thanksgiving; most humbly be- 
seeching thee to grant, that by the 
merits and death of thy Son Jesus 


493 


. THE COMMUNION. 


. Christ, and through faith in his blood, 
we, and all thy whole Church, may 
obtain remission of our sins, and all 
other benefits of his passion. And here 
we offer and present unto thee, O 
Lord, ourselves, our souls and _ bodies, 
to be a reasonable, holy, and living 
sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseech- 
ing thee, that we, and all others who 
shall be partakers of this Holy Com- 
munion, may worthily receive the 
most precious Body and Blood of thy 
Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy 
grace and heavenly benediction, and 
made one body with him, that he 
may dwell in them, and they in him. 
And although we are unworthy, 
through our manifold sins, to offer 
unto thee any sacrifice; yet we be- 
seech thee to accept this our bounden 
duty and service; not weighing our 
merits, but pardoning our offences, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord; by 
whom, and with whom, in the unity of 
the Holy Ghost, all honor and glory 
be unto thee, O Father Almighty, 
world without end. Amen. 


Gf Here shall be sung a Hymn, or 
part of a Hymn, from the Selection 
for the Feasts and Fasts, &c. 


q Then shall the Bishop first receive 
the Communion in both kinds him- 
self, and proceed to deliver the 
same to the Bishops, Priests, and 
Deacons, in like manner, and after 
that, to the People also in order, into 
their hands, all devoutly kneeling. 
And when he delivereth the Bread, 
he shall say, 


4 Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which was given for thee, preserve 
thy body and soul unto everlasting 
life. Take and eat this in remem- 
branze that Christ died for thee, and 
feed on him in thy heart by faith, with 
thanksgiving. 


J And the Bishop, delivering the 
Cup, shall say, 

HE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

which was shed for thee, preserve 

thy body and soul unto everlasting 

life. Drink this in remembrance that 

Christ’s Blood was shed for thee, and 
be thankful. 


| If the consecrated Bread or Wine 
be spent before all have communica- 
ted, the Bishop is to consecrate 


more, according to the Form before 
prescribed ; beginning at—All giory 
be to thee Almighty God—and end- 
ing with these words—partakers of 
his most blessed Body and Blood. 


J When all have communicated, the 
Bishop shall return to the Lord’s 
Table, and reverently place upon 
it what remaineth of the consecrated 
Elements, covering the same with 
a fair linen cloth. 


J Then shall the Bishop say the 
Lord’s Prayer, the People repeating 
after him every Petition. 


UR Father, who urt in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, Asit isin heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, AS We 
forgive those who trespass agaist 
us. And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil. For thine 
is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, for ever and ever. 
Amen. 


{I After which shall be said as fol 
loweth. 


LMIGHTY and everliving God, 
we most heartily thank thee, for 
that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us 
who have duly received these holy 
mysteries, with the spiritual food of the 
most precious Body and Blood of thy 
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and 
dost assure us therehy of thy favour 
and goodness towards us; and that we 
are very members incorporate in the 
mystical body of thy Son, which is the 
blessed company of all faithful people; 
and are also heirs through hope of thy 
everlasting kingdom, by the merits of 
the most precious death and passion of 
thy dear Son. And we most humbly 
beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to 
assist us with thy grace, that we may 
continue in that holy fellowship, and 
do all such good works as thou hast 
prepared for us to walk. in; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, be all ho- 
nour and glory, world without end. 
Amen. 


J Then shall be said or sung, all 
standing, Gloria in excelcis; or 
some proper Hymn from the Selece 
tion. 


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CONSECRATION OF A 


LORY be to God on high, and on 
earth peace, good-will towards 
men. We praise thee, we bless thee, 
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we 
give thanks to thee for thy great glory, 
O Lord God, heavenly King, God the 
Father Almighty. 

O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus 
Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, 
Son of the Father, that takest away 
the sins of the world, have mercy upon 
us. ‘Thou that takest away the sins of 
the’world, have mercy upon us. Thou 
that takest away the sins of the world, 
receive our prayer. ‘Thou that sittest 
at the right hand of God the Father, 
have mercy upon us. 

For thou only art holy ; thou only art 
the Lord ; thou only, O Christ, with the 
Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory 
of God the Father. Amen. 


CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 


q Then the Bishop shall let them de- 
part with this Blessing. 


hae peace of God, which passeth 
all understanding, keep. your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
and love of God, and of his Son Je- 
sus Christ our Lord: And the Bless- 
ing of God Almighty, the Father, 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you 
always. Amen. 


if any of the consecrated Bread 
and Wine remain after the Commu- 
nion, it shall not be carried out of 
the Church; but the Bishop and 
other Communicants shall, imme- 
diately after the Blessing, rever- 
ently eat and drink the same. 


Here endeth the Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion. 


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THE FORM OF 


CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH OR 
CHAPEL; ‘ 


ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE PROTESTANT EPiS= 
COPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 


As established by the Bishops, 


the Clergy, and Laity of said 


Church, in General Convention, in the month of June, 


geDy L799. 


Q The Bishop is to be received at the entrance of the Church, or Cha- 
pel, by the Church-Wardens and Vestrymen, or some other persons, 


appointed for that purpose. 


The Bishop and the Clergy who are present 


Shall go up the aisle of the Church, or Chapel, to the Communion Table, 
repeating the Twenty-fourth Psalm alternately, the Bishop one verse and 


the Clergy another. 


Psalm xxiv. 
HE earth is the Lorn’s, and all 


2 For he hath founded it upon 
thes eas, and prepared it upon the 


that therein is; the compass of the floods. 


495 


world, and they that dwell therein. 


ie 


3 Who shall ascend into the hill of 


CONSECRATION OF A 


the Lory ? or who shall rise up in his 
holy place? — 

4 Even he'that hath clean hands, and 
a pure heart; and that hath not lift up 
his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to de- 
ceive his neighbour. 

5 He shall receive the blessing from 
the Lorp, and righteousness from the 
God of his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them 
that seek him; even of them that seek 
thy face, O Jacob. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 
and he ye lift up ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

8 Who is the King of glory? It is 
the Lorp strong and mighty, even the 
Lorp mighty in battle. 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

10 Who is the King of glory 2. Even 
the Lorp of hosts, he is the King of 
glory. 


¥Y The Bishop shall go within the 
rails, with such of the Clergy as 
can be there accommodated. The 
Bishop, sitting in his chair, shall 
have the instruments of donaticn 
and endowment, if there be any, 
presented to him; and then stand- 
ing up, and turning to the Cungre- 
gation, shall say, 


Ij porseee: beloved in the Lord; for- 
usmuch as devout and holy men, as 
well under the Law as under the Gos- 
pel, moved either by the express com- 
mand of God, or by.the secret inspira- 
tion of the blessed Spirit, and acting 
agreeably to their own reason and 
sense of the natura! decency of things, 
have erected houses for the public wor- 
ship of God, and separated them from 
all unhallowed, woridly, and common 
uses, in order to fiJl men’s minds with 
greater reverence for his glorious Ma- 
jesty, and affect their hearts with more 
devotion and humility in his service; 
which pious works have been ap- 
proved of and graciously accepted by 
our heavenly Father: Let us not 
doubt but that he will also favourably 
approve our godly purpose of setting 
apart this place in solemn manner, for 
the performance of the several offices of 
religious worship, and Jet us faithfully 
and devoutly beg his blessing un this 
our undertaking. 


a 


CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 


YJ Then the Bishop, kneeling, shall 
say the following Prayer. 


ETERNAL God, mighty in 
power, and of majesty incompre- 
hensible, whom the heaven of hea- 
vens cannot coutain, much less the 
Walls of temples made with hands: 
aud who yet hast been graciously 
pleased to promise thy especial pre- 
sence, wherever two or three of thy 
faithful servants shall assemble in 
thy Name, to offer cp their praises 
and supplicatious unto thee; Vouch- 
safe, O Lord, to be present with us, 
who are here. gathered together 
with all humility and readiness of 
heart, to consecrate this place to the 
houour of thy great Name ; separat- 
ing it heneeforth from all unhallow- 
ed, ordinary, and common uses; and 
dedicating it to thy service, for read- 
ing thy holy Word, for’ celebrating 
thy holy Sacrameuts, for offering to 
thy glorious Majest. the sacrifices of 
prayer and thanksgiving, for bless- 
ing thy people in thy Name, and for 
the performance of all other holy 
Offices: accept, O Lord, this service 
at our hands, and bless it with such 
success as may tend most to thy 
glory, and the furtherance of our 
happiness both temporal and spirit- 
ual; through Jesus Christ our bles- 
sed Lord and Saviour. Ammen, 


{] After this the B’shop shall stand 
up, and turning his face towards 
the Congregation shalt say, 


EGARD, O Lord, the supplica- 
tions of thy servants, and grant 
that whosoever shall be dedicated to 
thee in this house by Baptism, may 
be sanctified by the Holy Ghost, de- 
livered from thy wrath and eternal 


death, and received as a living. 


member of Christ’s Church, and 
may ever remain in the number of 
thy faithful children. Amen. 


Grant, O Lord, that they who at 
this place shall in their own persons 
renew the promises and vows which 
they made, or which were made for 
them by their sureties at their Bap- 
tism, and thereupon shall be Con- 
firmed by the Bishop, may receive 
such a measure of thy Holy Spirit, 
that they may be enabled fuithfully 


496 


CONSECRATION OF A 


to fulfil the same, and grow in grace 
unto their lives’ end. Amen. 


Grant, O Lord, that whosoever 
shall receive in this place the blessed 
Sacrament of the Body and Blood ot 
Christ, may come to that holy ordi- 
hance with faith, charity, and true 
repentance, and being filled with 
thy grace and heavenly benediction, 
may, to their great and endless com- 
fort, obtain remission of their sins, 
aud all uther benefits of his passion. 
Amen. 


Grant, O Lord, that by thy holy 
Werd which shall be read and 
preached in this place, and by thy 
Holy Spirit g.afting it inwardly in 
the heart, the hearers thereof may 
both perceive and know what things 
they ought to do, and may have 
power and strength to fulfill the 
same. Amen.” 


Grant, O Lord, that whosoever 
shall be joined together in this place 
in the holy estate of Matrimony, 
may faithfully perform and keep the 
vow and covenant between them 
mude, and may remain in perfect 
love together unto their lives’ end. 
Amen. 


Grant, we beseech thee, blessed 
Lord, that whoever shall draw near 
to thee in this place, to give thee 
thanks for the benefits which they 
have received at thy hands, to set 
forth thy most worthy praise, to 
confess their sins unto thee, and to 
ask such things as are requisite 
and necessary, as well for the body 
as for the soul, may do it with such 
steadiness of faith, and with such 
seriousness, affection, and devotion 
of mind, that thou mayest accept 
their bounden duty and service, and 
vouchsafe to give whatever in thy 
infinite wisdom thou shalt see to be 
most expedient for them: All which 
we beg for Jesus Christ’s sake, our 
most blessed Lord and Saviour. 
Amen. 


GJ Then the Bishop sitting in his 
chair, the Sentence of Consecration 
as to be read by some person ap- 
pointed by him, and then laid by him 
upon the Communion Table; after 
which, the Bishop shall say, 


PPp* 


‘tely 


CHURCH OR CHAPEL. 


PB eseED be thy Name, O Lord, 
4D that it kath pleased thee to put 
it into the hearts of thy servaats to 
appropriate and devote this house to 
thy honor and worship; and grant 
that all who shall enjoy the benefit 
of this pious work, may show forth 
their thankfulness,by making aright 
use of it, to the glory of thy blessed 
Name; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Asnen. 


I After this, the Minister appointed 
is tu read the service for the day. 


PROPER PSALMS. 
Psalm \xxxiv. Psalm cxxil. Psalm 
CXXXii. 


PROPER LESSONS. 
First; 1 Kings, chap. viii. ver. 22 to 
ver. 63. 

Second. Heb. chap. x. ver. 19 to 
ver. 26. 


| Morning Prayer being ended, there 
shall be sung from the Book o 
Psalms, in Metre; Psalm xxvl. 
verses 6, 7, 8, with the Gloria 
Patri. 


The Bishop shall then proceed to 
the Communion Service. The fol- 
lowing shall be the Collect, Epistle, 
and Gospel for the occasion. 


Tie Collect. 

(0) MOST glorious Lord, we ac- 

knowledge that we are not wor- 
thy to offer unto thee any thing be- 
longing unto us; yet we beseech 
thee, m thy great. goodness, gra- 
ciously to accept the Dedication of 
this place to thy service, and to 
prosper this our undertaking; re- 
ceive the prayers and intercessions 
of all those thy servants who shall 
call upon thee in this house; and 
give them grace to prepare their 
hearts to serve thee with reverence 
and godly fear; affect them with 
an awful apprehension of thy Divine 
Majesty, and a deep sense of their 
Own unworthiness; that so ap- 
proaching thy sanctuary with low- 
liness and devotion, and coming be- 
fore thee with clean thoughts and 
pure hearts, with bodies undefiled, 
and minds sanctified, they may al- 
Ways perform a service acceptable 
to thee; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


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The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. ver. 14 to 


very17: 


EB ye not unequally yoked togeth- 
er with unbelievers: for what 
fellowship hath righteousness with 
unrighteousness ? and what commu- 
nion hath light with darkness? and 
what concord hath Christ with Be- 
Nial? or what part hath he that be- 
believeth with an infidel? and what 
agreement hath the temple of God 
with idols?. For ye are the temple 
of the living God; as God hath sail, 
Iwill dwell in them, and walk in 
them ; nd I will be their God, and 
they shail be my people. 


The Gospel. St. John ii. verse 13. 


ND the Jews’ Passover was at 
hand, and Jesus went up to Je- 
rusalem, and found in the temple 
those that sold oxen and sheep and 
doves, and the changers of “money 
sitting; and when he had made a 
scourge of small cords, he drove’ 
them ull out of the temple, and the 
sheep, and the oxen; and poured out 
the changers’ money, and overthrew 
the tables; and said unto them that 
sold doves, Take these things henve; 
make not my Father’s house a house 
of merchandise. And his disciples 
remembered that it was written, 
The zeal of thine louse hath eaten 
me up. 


G Then shall be said or sung the 
Hundredth Psalm. 


{Here shall follow the Sermon. 


q Lee Sermon b ing ended. the B’shop 
shall proceed in the service for the 
Communion, tf it is to be adminis 
tered at that time. 

qT After the Commnnion, or, if it is 
not admin’st.red at that tame after 
the Sermon. and immediate'y before 
the fini’ B essing, the Bishop shall 
s1y the fo.iowing Prayer. 

dF ahr be thy Name, O Lord 

God, for that it hath pleased thee 
to have thy habitation among the 
sons of men, and to dwell in the 
midst of the assembly of the saints 
upon the earth; bess, we beseech 
thee, the religious performance of 
this da, and graut that in this place 
now set apart to thy service, thy 
holy Name may be worshipped in 
truth and purity through all gener- 
ations; through Jesus Christ our 

Lord, Amen. 


HE peace of G d, which passeth 
all understanding, keep your 
hearts and minds in the knowledge 
aud Love of God, and of his Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord; And the 
Blessing of God Almighty, the Fath- 
er, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be 
amongst you, and remain with you. 
always. Amen. ' 











4 
AN OFFICE OF 
INSTITUTION OF MINISTERS 
INTO PARISHES OR CHURCHES. 
PRESCRIBED BY THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED 


STATES OF AMERICA} ESTABLISHED IN GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE 


BISHOPS, THE CLERGY, AND LAITY, 


1804; AND SET FORTH WITH ALTER- 


ATIONS, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, 1808 





@] The Bishop having received due Notice of the Election of a Minister into 
a Parish or Church, as prescribed by the Canon, concerning ‘‘ the Election 


498 4 


OFFICE OF INSTITUTION. 


and Institution of Ministers,” and being satisficd that the “ person chosen 
ts a qualified Minister of this Church,?? may transmit the following 
Letter of Insti‘ution, for the proposed Rector, or Assistant Minister, to one 
of his Presbyters, whom he may appornt as the Institutor. 

¥ In any Dioecse, the concluding Paragraph in the Letter of Institution 
may be omitted, wnere it interferes with the Usages, Law, or Charters of 


the Church in the same. 


To our well-beluved in Christ, A. B., 
Presbuter, Grecting. 

= E do by these Pre- 
Sy linm. W sents give and graut 
unto you,in whose Learn- 
ing, Diligence, sound 
Doctrine, and Prudence, 
we do fully confide our 
License and Authority to 
perform the Office of a 


Signat. 


Priest, in the Parish [or Church] of 


E. Andalso hereby do institute you 
into said Parish, [er Church,] pos- 
sessed of full power to perform every 
Act of sacerdotal Function among 
the People of the same; you con- 


Bishop, with the advice of our Pres- 
byters, are to be the ultimate arbiter 
and judge. 

In witness whereof, we have 
hereunto affixed our episcopal seal 
and signature, at , this day 
of siteue Lbs » and in the —— 
year Of our consecration. 














GJ lm the case of a Minister to be 
wistituted in a Diocese in which 
there is no Bishop, the Clerical 
M mbers of the Standing C 
tec shail sexd-the following Letter 
of Institution, for the proposed 
Minister, to the Presbyuter whom 


tinuing in communion with us. aud” they may appoint as Insiituior. 


complying with the rubri sand can- 
ons ot the Church, and with such 
lawful directions as you shall atany 
time receive from us. 

And asa canonically instituted 
Priest into the Office of Rector [or 
Assistaut Munster, as the cass may 
be} of —— Parish, [or Church,] vou 
are faithfully to feed th t portion of 


the flock of Christ which is now in- 


trusted to you; not asa man-pleaser, 
but as continually bearing in mind 
that you are accountable to us here, 
and to the Chief Bishcp and Sove- 
reign Judge of all hereafter. 

And as the Lord hath ordained 
that they who serve at the altar 
should live of the things belonging 
tothe altar; so we authorize you 
to claim and enjoy all the accustorm- 
ed temporalities appertaining to 
your cure, uatils me urgent reason 
or reasous Occasion a Wishin you, 
or in the congregation committed ‘o 
your charge, to bring about a sepa- 
ration, and dissolution of all sacer- 
dotal relation, between you and 
them: of ail which you will give us 
due notice: and in case of any dif- 
ference between you and your con- 
gregation, as toa separation and dis- 
solution of all sacerdotal connection 
between you and them, we, your 


To our well-beloned in Christ, A. B., 
Presbyter, Greeting. 


7H do by these Pre- 

sents anthorize and 
empower yon to exercise the Office 
of a Priest in the Parish [or ( hurch] 
of HE. And by virtue of the power 
vested in us, do institute vou into 
suid Parish, [or Chuieh,] possessed 
of full power to perform every Act 
of sacerdotal Function among the 
People of the same ; you compl: ing 
with the rubrics aud canons of the 
Church. 

And as a canonically instituted 
Priest into the Office of Rector [or 
Assistant Minister, as the case may 
be] of Parish, [or Church, ] you 
are to feed that portion of the flock 
of Christ which is now intrusted to 
you; not as a tman-pleaser, but as 
coutinually bearing in mind that you 
are accountable to the Ecclesiastical 
Authority of the Church bere, aud 
to the Chief Bishop and Sovereign 
Judge of all hereafter. 

And as the Lord hath ordained 
that they who serve at the altar 
should live of the things belonging 
to the altar; so you have our au- 
thority to claim and enjoy all the ae- 
customed temporalities appertaining 


Sigil‘um. 





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mite 





OFFICE OF INSTITUTION. 


to your cure, until some urgent rea- 
son or reasons occasion a wish, in 
you, or in the congregation commit- 
ted to your charge, to bring about a 
separation, and dissolution of all sa- 
cerdotal connection, between you 
and them: of all which you will 
give us due notice: and in case of 
any difference.between you and your 
congregation, as to a separation, 
and dissolution of all sacerdotal con- 
nection between you and them, the 
Ecclesiastical Authority of the 
Church in this diocese (taking the 
advice and aid of a Bishop) shall be 
the ultimate arbiter and judge. 

In witness whereof, we have 
hereunto set our hands and seals, 
this —— day of jin the year ——. 








G The day being appointed for the 
new Incumbent’s Institution, at the 
usual hour of Morning Prayer, the 
Institutor, attended by the new In- 
cumbent, and one or more Presby- 


ters appointed by the Bishop (or, — 


where there is no Bishop, by the 
Clerical Members of the Standing 
Committee) for that purpose, shall 
enter the Church. Then, all the 
Clergy present standing without the 
rails of the Altar, except the offici- 
ating Priest, who shall go into the 
Desk ; the Wardens, (or, in case of 
thetr necessary absence, two mem- 
bers of the Vestry) standing on the 
right and left of the Altar, without 
the rails; the Senior Warden (or 
the member of the Vestry supplying 
his place) holding the keys of the 
Church in his hand, in open view, 
the officiating Priest shall read 
Morning Prayer. 
PROPER PSALMS. 
Psalm cxxii. Psalm exxxii. Psalm 
CXXXiii. . 
PROPER LESSONS. 


First. Ezek. chap. xxxiii. verse 1 
to verse 10. 
Second. St. John chap. x. verse 1 to 
verse 19. 


T Morning Prayer ended, the Priest 
who acts as the Institutor, standing 
within the rails of the Altar shall 
say, 


EARLY beloved in the Lord, we 
have assembled for the purpose of 


instituting the Rev. 4. B. into this 
Parish, [or Church,] as Priest and Rec- 
tor [or Assistant Minister] of the same- 
and we are possessed of your Vote that 
he has been so elected: as also of the 
prescribed Letter of Institution. But 
if any of you can show just cause why 
he may not be instituted, we proceed 
no further, because we would not that 
an unworthy person should minister 
among you. 


If any objection be offered, the 
Priest who acts as the Instituto? 
shall judge whether it afford just 
cause to suspend the Service. 


J No objection being offered, or the 
Priest who acts as the Institutor 
choosing to go on with the Serviee, 
he shall next read the Letter of 
Institution. 


| And then shall the Senior Warden 
(or the member of the Vestry sup- 
plying his place) present the keys 
of the Church to the new Incumbent, 
saying, 
N the name and behalf of —— Par- 
ish [or Church} I do receive and 
acknowledge you, the Rev. 4. B., as 
Priest and Rector [or Assistant Minis- 
ter] of the same; and in token thereof, 
give into your hands the keys of this 
Church. 


4 


I Then the new Incumbent shall say, 


/l. B., receive these keys of the 

House of God at your hands, as 
the pledges of my Institution, and of 
your parochial recognition, and pro- 
mise to be a faithful Shepherd over 
you, In the Name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Ho!y Ghost. 


) Here the Instituting Minister shall 
begin the Office. 


Minister. The Lord be with you: 
Answer. And with thy Spirit. 


Let us pray. 


TRECT us, O Lord, in all our do- 
ings, with thy most gracious fa- 
vour, and further us with thy contin- 
ual help, that, in all our works begun, 
continued, and ended in thee, we may 
glorify thy holy Name, and finally by 
thy mercy obtain everlasting life; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
hath taught us to pray unto thee, O 


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OFFICE OF INSTITUTION. 


Almighty Father, in his prevailing 
Name and words, 


UR Father, who art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy Name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, As ‘tis in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our trespasses, As we 
forgive those who trespass against 
us. And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine 
is a kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 


¥ Then shall the Priest who acts as 
the Institutor receive the Incumbent 
within the rails of the Altar, and 
present him the Bible, Book of 
Common Prayer, and Books of 
Canons of the General and State 
Convention, saying as follows, 


ECEIVE these Books; and let 

them be the rnle of thy conduct 
in dispensing the divine Word, in lead- 
ing the Devotions of the people, and 
in exercising the Discipline of the 
Church; and be thou in all things a 
pattern to the flock committed to thy 
care. 


1 Then shall be said or sung the 
following Anthem. 


; iLaudate Nomen. 


PRAISE the Lorp, laud ye the 

name of the Lorn; praise it, O 
ye servants of the Lorp. Psalm 
CXxxv. verse l. 

2 Ye that stand in the house of the 
Lorp. in the courts of the house of 
our God. Verse 2. 

3 O praise the Logp, for the Lorp 
is gracious; O sing praises unto his 
Name, for it is lovely. Verse 3. 

4 The Lorp is gracious and merci- 
ful ; long-suffering, and of great good- 
ness. Psalm cxiv. verse 8. 

5 The Lorp is loving unto every 
man; and his mercy is over all his 
works. Verse 9. 

6 All thy works praise thee, O 
Lorp; and thy saints give thanks 
unto thee. Verse 19. 

7 The Lorn dcth build up Jerusa- 
lem, and gather together the outcasts 
of Israel. Psalm exlvii. verse 2. 

8 He healeth those that are broken 
in heart, and giveth medicine to heal 
their sickness. Verse 3. 


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9 The Lorp’s delight is in them 
that fear him, and put their trust in 
his mercy. Verse 11. 

10 Praise the Lorn, O Jerusalem; 
praise thy God, O Zion. Verse 12. 

11 For he hath made fast the bars 
of thy gates, and hath blessed thy chil- 
dren within thee. Verse 13. 

12 He maketh peace in thy borders, 
and filleth thee Tyiek the flour of 
wheat. Verse 14. 

13 He is our God, even the God of 
whom cometh salvation: Gop is the 
Lorp, by whom we escape death. 
Psalm Ixvini. verse 20. 

14 O God, wonderful art thou in 
thy holy places : : even the God of 
Israel, he will give strength and power 
unto his people. Blessed be God. 
Verse 35. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is 
now, and eyer shall be, world with- 
out end. 

Minister. The Law was given by, 
Moses ; 

People. But Grace and Truth came 
by Jesus Christ : 

Minister ard People. Who is God 
over all, blessed forevermore. Amen, 
h OST gracious God, the Giver of all 

goad and perfect gifts, who of thy 
wise providence hast appointed divers 
Orders in thy Church ; Give thy grace, 
we beseech thee, to thy servant, to 
whom the charge of this Congregation 
is now committed; and so replenish 
him with thestruth of thy doctrine, 
and endue him with innocency of life, 
that he may faithfully serve befere 
thee, to the glory of thy great Name, 
and the benefit of thy holy Church ; 
through Jesus Christ, our only Medie- 
tor and Redeemer. Amen. 


HOLY Jesus, who hast purchased 

to thyself an Universal Church, and 
hast promised to be with the Ministers 
of Apostolic Suecession to the end of 
the world; Be graciously pleased to 
bless the ministry and service of him 
who is now appointed to offer the sac. 
rifices of prayer and praise to thee in 
this house, which is called by thy 
Name. May the words of his mouth, 
andthe meditation of his heart, be 
always acceptable in thy sight, O 


Let us pray. 


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OFFICE OF INSTITUTION. 


Lord, our strength and our Redeemer. 
Amen. 


GOD, Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of 

the Faithful, visit, we pray thee, 
this Congregation with thy love and 
favour ; enlighten their minds more and 
more with the light of the everlasting 
Gospel: graft in their hearts a love of 
the truth; increase in them true re!igion; 
nourish them with all goodness; and 
of thy great mercy keep them in the 
same, O blessed Spirit, whom, with the 
Father and the Son together, we wor- 
ship and glorify as one God, world 
without end. Amen. 


Benediction. 


ee God of peace, who brought 
again from the dead our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the 
sheep, through the blood of the ever- 
lasting covenant; Make you perfect in 
every good work to do his will, work- 
ing in you that which is well pleasing 
in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to 
whom be glory for ever and ever. 
Amen. 


Y Then shall the Instituted Minister 
kneel at the Altar, to present his 
supplication for himself, in this 
form. 


LORD my God! I am not worthy 

that thou shouldest come under my 
roof; yet thou hast honoured thy ser- 
vant with appointing him to stand in 
thy House, and to serve at thy hol 
Altar. To thee and to thy es 
devote myself, soul, body, and spirit,— 
with all their powers and faculties, 
Fill my memory with the words of 
thy Law; enlighten my understanding 
with the illumination of the Holy 
Ghost; and may all the wishes and 
desires of my will centre in what thou 
hast commanded. And, to make me 
instrumental in promoting the salva- 
tion of the people now committed to 
my charge, grant that I may faithfully 
administer thy holy Sacraments, and 
by my life and doctrine set forth thy 
true and lively Word. Be ever with 
me in the performance of all the duties 
of my ministry ; in prayer, to quicken 
my devotion; in praises, to heighten 
my love and gratitude; and in preach- 
ing, to give a readiness of thought and 
expression suitable to the clearness and 
excellency of thy holy Word. Grant 


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this for the sake of Jesus Christ thy 
Son our Saviour. 


q The Instituted Minister, standing 
up, shall say, 


The Lord be with you. 
Answer. And with thy spirit. 


Let us pray. 


ALMIGHTY God, who hast built 

thy Church upon the foundation of 
the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief Corner- 
Stone; Grant that, by the operation of 
the Holy Ghost, all Christians may be 
so joined together in unity of spirit, 
and in the bond of peace, that they 
may bean holy temple acceptable unto 
thee. And especially to this Congre- 
tion present, give the abundance of thy 
grace; that with one heart they may 
desire the prosperity of thy holy Apos- 
tolic Church, and with one mouth 
may profess the faith once delivered 
to the Saints. Defend them from the 
sins of heresy and schism: let not 
the foot of pride come nigh to hurt 
them, nor the hand of the ungodly to 
cast them down. And grant that the 
course of this world may be so peace- 
ably ordered by thy governance, that 
thy Church may joyfully serve thee 
in all godly quietness; that so they 
may walk in the ways of truth and 
peace, and at last be numbered with 
thy Saints in glory everlasting ; through 
thy merits, O blesssd Jesus, thou gra- 
cious Bishop and Shepherd of our 
souls, whoart with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost, one God, world without 
end. Amen. 


q Then shall follow the Sermon: 
and after that the Instituted Minis- 
ter shall proceed to the Communion 
Service, and to administer the holy 
Eucharist to his Congregation ; 
and after the Benediction, (which 
he shail always pronounce,) the 
Wardens, Vestry, and others, shall 
salute and welcome him, bidding 
him God speed. 

| When the Bishop of the Diocese is 
present at the Institution of a Min- 
ister, he shall make to him the ad- 
dress prescribed in this Office in the 
form of a letter; and may perform 
such other duties herein assigned 
the Instituting Minister as he may 
choose. 





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SELECTIONS . 


FROM THE 


PSALMS OF DAY Th 


[N METRE; 


WITH HYMNS, 


SUITED TO THE 


i. Seasts wet Fasts of the Church, 


AND OTHER 


OCCASIONS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP... 


NEW-YORK: 


NEW-YORK BIBLE AND COMMON PRAYER BOOK SOCIETY, 20 JOHN-STREET. 





1847. 


<3 BY the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episco- 

pal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, this 
twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-two; this book of Psalms in Metre, selected from the 
Psalms of David, with Hymns, is set forth, and allowed to be sung in all 
congregations of the said Church, before and after Morning and Evening 
Prayer, and also before and after Sermons, at the discretion of the 
Minister. 

* And it shall be the duty of every Minister of any church, either by 
standing directions, or from time to time, to appoint the portion of Psalms 
which are to be sung. 

¢ And further, it shall be the duty of every Minister, with such assist- _ 
ance as he Can obtain from persons skilled in music, to give order e 
cerning the tunes to be sung at any time in his church; and especially, it _ 

_ shall be his duty to suppress all light and unseemly music, and all inde- — 
cency and irreverence in the performance, by which vain and ungodly 
persons profane the service of the Sanctuary.” : 











SELECTIONS 


FROM THE 


PSALMS OF DAVID 


IN METRE. 





SELECTION 1. C. M. 
From the i. Psalm of David. 


OW blest is he, who ne’er consents 
By ill-advice to walk, 
Nor stands in sinners’ ways, nor sits 
Where men profanely talk ; 


2 But makes the perfect law of God 
His business and delight: 
Devoutly reads therein by day, 
And meditates by night. 


3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, 
With timely fruit does bend, 

He still shall flourish, and success 
All his designs attend. 


4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, 
No lasting root shall find ; 

Untimely blasted, and dispersed 
Like chaff before the wind. 


5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb 
Before their Judge’s face: 

No formal hypocrite shall then 
Among the saints have place. 


6 For God approves the just man’s ways} 
To happiness they tend: 
But sinners, and the paths they tread, 
Shall both in ruin end. 
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SELECTION 2. C. M. 
From the ii. Psalm of David. 


HUS God declares his sovereign will: 
“The king that I ordain, 
Whose throne is fix’d on Sion’s hill, 
Shall there securely reign.’ 


2 Attend, O earth, whilst I declare 
God’s uncontroll’d decree: 

“Thou art my Son, this day my heir 
Have I begotten thee.’ 


3 “ Ask and receive thy full demands; 
Thine shall the heathen be ; 

The utmost limits of the lands 
Shall be possessed by thee.” 


4 Learn then, ye princes; and give ear, 
Ye judges of the earth ; 

Worship the Lord with holy fear ; 
Rejoice with awful mirth. 


5 Appease the Son with due respect, 
Your timely homage pay: 

Lest he revenge the bold negleet, 
Incensed. by your delay. 


6 If but in part his anger rise 
Who ean endure the flame |! 

Then blest are they, whose hope ‘relies 
On his most holy Name. 


’ SELECTION 3. C. M. 
From the iii. Psalm of David. 


HOU, gracious God, art my defence ; 
On thee my hopes rely: 
Thou art my glory, and shalt yet 
Lift up my head on high. 
2 Since. whensoe’er in my distress, 
To God I made my prayer, 


He heard me from his holy hill; 
Why should I now despair ? 
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3 Guarded by him, I lay me down 
My sweet repose to take ; 

For I through him securely sleep, 
Through ‘him in safety wake. 


4 Salvation to the Lord belongs ; 
He only can defend ; 

His blessing he extends to all 
That on his power depend. 


SELECTION 4. C. M. 


From the iv. Psalm of David. 


ONSIDER that the righteous man 
Is God’s peculiar choice ; ; 


- And when to him I make my prayer, 


He always hears my voice. 


2 Then stand in awe of his commands, 
Flee every thing that’sill; 

Commune in private with your hearts, 
And bend them to his will. 


3 The sacrifice of righteousness 
Present to God on high; 

And let your hope securely fix’d, 
On him alone rely. 


4 While wordly minds impatient grow 
More prosperous times to see, 

Still let the glories of thy face 
Shine brightly, Lord, on me. 


5 So shall my heart o’erflow with joy, 
More lasting and more true 

Than theirs, who stores of corn and wine 
Successively renew. 


6 Then down in peace I’ll lay my head, 
And take my needful rest ; 

No other guard, O Lord, I crave, 
Of mu defence possess’d. 


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SELECTION 5. C. M. 
From the v. Psalm of David. 


ho my words, O gracious Lord, 
Accept my secret ‘prayer ; ; 
To thee alone, my King, my God, 

Will I for help repair. 


2 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear, 
And, with the dawning day, 

To thee devoutly Pll look up, 
To thee devoutly pray. 


3 Lord, I within thy house will come, 
In thy abundant grace ; 

And I will worship in thy fear, 
Tow’rd thy most holy place. 


4 Let those, O Lord, who trust in thee, 
With shouts their j joy proclaim ; 

Let them rejoice whom thou preserv’st, 
And all that love thy Name. 


5 To righteous men, the righteous Lord 
His blessing will extend ; 

And with his favour all his saints, 
As with a shield defend. 


SELECTION 6. 8S. M. 
From the vi. Psalm of David. 


1 mercy, not in wrath, 

i Rebuke me, gracious God ! 
Lest, if thy whole displeasure rise, . 

I sink beneath thy rod. 


2 Touch’d by thy quickening power, 
My load of guilt I feel ; 

The wounds thy Spirit hath mun 
O let that Spirit heal. 


3 In trouble and in gloom, EP 
Must I forever mourn ? 
And wilt thou not, at length, O God ne 
In piryiE love return’? 

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4 O.come, ere life expire, 
Send down thy power to save ; 

For who shall sing thy Name in death, 
Or praise thee in the grave ? 


5 Why should I doubt thy grace, 
Or yield to dread despair ? 

Thou wilt fulfil thy promised word, 
And grant me all my prayer. 


SELECTION 7. C. M. 
From the viii. Psalm of David. 


THOU, to whom all creatures bow 
Within this earthly frame, 
Through all the world how great art thou! 
How glorious is thy Name! 


2 In heaven thy wondrous acts are sung, 
Nor fully reckon’d there: 

And yet.thou maks’t the infant tongue 
Thy boundless praise declare. 


3 When heaven, thy beauteous work on high, - 
Employs my wondering sight ; 

The moon, that nightly rules the sky, 
With stars of feebler light ; 


4 O, what is man, that, Lord, thou lov’st 
To keep him in thy mind ? 

. Or what his offspring, that thou prov’st 

To them so wondrous kind? 


5 Him next in power thou dids’t create 
To thy celestial train ; 

Ordain’d with dignity and state 
O’er all thy works to reign. 


6 They jointly own his powerful sway ; 
The beasts that prey or graze ; 

The bird that wings its airy way; 
The fish that cuts the seas. 


7 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow 
Within this earthly frame, 
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Through all ie world how great art thou ! 
How glorious is thy Name ! 


SELECTION 8. C. M. 
From the ix. Psalm of David. 


O celebrate thy praise, O Lord, 
I will my heart prepare ; 
To all the listening world thy works, 
Thy wondrous works, declare. 


2 The thought of them shall to my soul 
Exalted pleasure bring 

Whilst to thy Name, O a Most High, 
Triumphant pr aise I sing. 


3 The Lord for ever lives, who has 
His righteous throne prepared, 
Impartial justice to dispense, 
To punish or reward. 


4 All those who have his goodness proved 
Will in his truth confide ; 

Whose mercy ne’er forsook the man 
That on his help relied. 


5 Sing praises therefore to the’ Lord, 
From Sion, his abode ; 

Proclaim his ‘deeds, till all the world 
Confess no other God. 


SELECTION 9. C.M. 
From the xi. Psalm of. David. 


fs Lord a holy temple hath, 

And righteous throne, above ; ; 

Whence he surveys the sons of men, 
And how their counsels move. 


2 If God the righteous, whom he loves, 
For trial does correct, 
What must the sons of violence, 
Whom ny abhors, expect ! 
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3 Snares, fire, and brimstone, on their heads 
Shall in one tempest shower; — 

This dreadful mixture his revenge 
Into their cup shall pour. 


4 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds 
With signal favor grace, 

And to the upright man disclose 
The brightness of his face. 


SELECTION 10. C. M. 
From the xiii. Psalm of David. 


OW long wilt thou forget me, Lord? 
Must I for ever mourn? 
How long wilt thou withdraw from me, 
Oh! never to return ? 


2 O hear, and to my longing eyes 
Restore thy wonted light ; 

Dawn on my spirit, lest I sleep 
In death’s most gloomy night. 


3 Since I have always placed my trust 
Beneath thy mercy’s wing, 

Thy saving health will come; and then 
My heart with joy shall spring. 


4 Then shall my song, with praise inspired, 
To thee, my God, ascend ; 

Who to thy servant in distress 
Such bounty didst extend. 


SELECTION 11. L. M. + 


From the xiv. Psalm of David. 


HE Lord look’d down from heaven’s high tower, 


And all the sons of men did view, 


To see if any own’d his power, 
If any truth or justice knew ; 


2 But all, he saw, were gone aside, 

All were degenerate grown, and base ; 
None took religion for their guide, 

Not one of all the sinful race. 


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3 How will they tremble then for fear, 
When his just wrath shall them o’ertake ! 
For to the righteous God is near, 
And never will their cause forsake. 


4 Oh, that from Sion he’d employ 
His might, and burst th’ oppressive band! 
Then shouts of universal joy 


Should loudly echo through the land. 


SELECTION 12. C. M. 
From the xv. Psalm of David. 


| AY who’s the happy man that may 
To thy blest courts repair, 
Not, stranger-like, to visit them, 

But to inhabit there ¢ 


2 ’Tis he who walketh uprightly, 
Whom righteousness directs ; 

Whose generous tongue disdains to speak 
The thing his heart rejects. 


3 Who never did a slander forge, 
His neighbor’s fame to wound ; 
Nor hearken toa false report 
By malice whisper’d round. 


4 Who vice, in all its pomp and power, 
Can treat with just neglect ; 

And piety, though clothed in rags, 
Religiously respect. 


5 Who to his plighted vows and trust 
Has ever firmly stood ; 

And, though he promise to his loss, 
He makes his promise good. 


6 Whose soul in usury disdains 
His treasure to employ ; 

Whom no rewards can ever bribe 
The guiltless to destroy. 


7 The man, who by his righteous course 
Has happiness insured, 
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When earth’s foundation shakes, shall stand, 


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SELECTION 13. C. M. 
From the xvi. Psalm of David. 


Y grateful soul shall bless the Lord, 
Whose precepts give me light; 
And private counsel still afford 
In sorrow’s dismal night. 


2 I strive each action to approve 
To his all-seeing eye ; 

No danger shall my hopes remove, 
Because he still is nigh. 


3 Therefore my heart all grief defies, 
My glory does rejoice ; 

My flesh shall rest, in hope to rise, 
Waked by his powerful voice. 


4 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath, 
My soul from hell shalt free; 

Nor let thy Holy One in death 
The least corruption see. 


5 Thou shalt the paths of life display, 
Which to thy presence lead ; 

Where pleasures dwell without allay, . 
And joys that never fade. 


SELECTION 14. 
From the xviii. Psalm of David. 
PARTI. L. M. 


O change of time shall ever shock 
My firm affection, Lord, to thee ; 
For thou hast always been my rock, 
A- fortress and defence to me. 


2 Thou my deliverer art, my God; 
My trust is in thy mighty power : 
Thou art my shield from foes abroad, 
At home my safeguard and my tower. 
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3 To thee I will address my prayer, 
To whom all praise we justly owe; 
So shall I, by thy watchful care, 
Be guarded safe from every foe. 


PART II. L. M. 


1 THOU suit’st, O Lord thy righteous ways 
To various paths of human kind; 

They who for mercy merit praise, 
With thee shall wondrous mercy find. 


2 Thou to the just shalt justice show; 
The pure thy purity shall see: 

Such as perversely choose to go, 
Shall meet with due returns from thee. 


3 That he the humble soul will save, 
And crush the haughty’s boasted might, 
In me the Lord an instance gave 
Whose darkness he has turn’d to light. 


4 Who then deserves to be adored, 

But God, on whom my hopes depend 2 4 
Or who, except the mighty Lord, 

Can with resistless power defend ? 


5 Let the eternal Lord be praised, 
The rock on whose defence I rest ! 
To highest heavens his name be raised, 
Who me with his salvation bless’d ! 


6 My God to celebrate thy fame 
My grateful voice to heaven Dil raise ; : 
And nations, strangers to thy Name, 
Shall learn to sing thy glorious praise. 


“SELECTION 15. 
From the xix. Psalm of David. " 
PART I; C. M. 


HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord, 
Which that alone can fill; 
The firmament and stars express 
Their great Creator’s skill. 
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2 The aawn of each returning day 
Fresh beams of knowledge brings; 

And from the dark returns of night 
Divine instruction springs. 


3 Their powerful language to no realm 
Or region is confined ; 
Tis nature’s voice and understood 


Alike by all mankind. 


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4 Their doctrine does its sacred sense 
Through earth’s extent display ; 

Its bright contents the circling sun 
Does round the world convey. 


5 From east to west, from west to east, 
His ceaseless course he goes ; 

And, through his progress, cheerful light 
And vital warmth bestows. 


PART II. C.M. 


1 GOD'S perfect law converts the soul, 
Reclaims from false desires ; ° 

With sacred wisdom his sure word 
The ignorant inspires. 


2 The statutes of the Lord are just, 
And bring sincere delight: 

His pure commands, in search of truth, 
Assist the feeblest sight. 


3 His perfect worship here is fix’d, 
On sure foundations laid ; 

His equal laws are in the scales 
Of truth and justice weigh’d: 


4 Of more esteem than golden mines, 
_ Or gold refined with skill; 

More sweet than honey, or the drops 
That from the comb distil. 


5 My trusty counsellors they are, 
And friendly warnings give; 
Divine rewards attend on those 


_ Who by thy precepts live. 
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6 But what frail man observes how oft 
He does from virtue fall ? 

O cleanse me from my secret faults 
Thou God that know’st them all! 


7 Let no presumptuous sin, O Lord, 
Dominion have o’er me ; 

That, by thy grace preserved, I may 
The great transgression flee. 


8 So shall my prayer and praises be 
With thy acceptance blest ; 

And I, secure of thy defence, 
My strength and Saviour, rest. 


SELECTION 16. S. M. 
From the xx. Psalm of David. 
N AY Jacob’s God defend 


And hear us in distress; 
Our succor from his temple send, 
Our cause from Sion bless ! 


2 May he accept our vow, 
Our sacrifice receive, 

Our heart’s devout request allow, 
Our holy wishes give ! 


3 O Lord, thy saving grace 
We joyfully declare ; 

Our banner in thy Name we raise— 
“The Lord fulfil our prayer !?? 


4 Now know we that the Lord 
His chosen will defend ; 


From heaven will strength divine afford, 


And will their prayer attend. 


5 Some earthly succor trust, 
But we in God’s right hand: 
Lo! while they fall, so vain their boast, 
We rise, and upright stand. 


6 Still save us, Lord ; and still 
Thy servants deign to bless: 
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Hear, King of heaven, in times of ill, 
The prayers that we address. 


SELECTION 17. 
From the xxi. Psalm of David. 
PART I. ©. M. 


Y¥ God, my God, why leavs’t thou me 
When I with anguish faint ? 
Oh! why so far from me removed, 
And from my loud complaint 4 


2 Lo! I am treated like a worm, 
Like none of human birth ; 

Not only by the great reviled, 
But made the rabble’é rhirth: 


3 With laughter all the gazing crowd 
My agonies survey ; 

They shoot the lip, they shake the head, 
And thus deriding say: 


4 “Tn God he trusted, boasting oft 
That he was Heaven’s delight ; 

Let God come down to save him’ now, 
And own his favorite.” 


5 Withdraw not, then, so far from me, 
When trouble is so nigh ; 

O send me help! thy help, on which 
Alone I can rely. 


PART II. C.M. 


1 LIKE water is my life pour’d out 
My joints are out of frame ; 

My heart dissolves within my breast, 
Like wax before the flame. 


2 My strength is like a potsherd dried, 
My tongue is parch’d with drought; 

And to the dismal shades of death 
My fainting soul is brought. 


3 Like dogs, to compass me, my fore 
In wicked council meet ; 
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They pierced my inoffensive hands, 
They pierced my harmless feet. 


4 My body’s rack’d, till all my bones 
Dictinctly may be told ; 

Yet such a spectacle of woe 
As pastime they behold. 


5 As spoil, my garments they divide, ~ 


Lots for my vesture cast.; 
Therefore, O leave me not, my God, 
But to my succor haste. 


PART III. C.M. 


1 LORD, to my brethren [’ll declare 
The triumphs of thy Name; 

In presence of assembled saints 
Thy giory thus proclaim: 


2 “Ye worshippers of Jacob’s God, 
All you of Israel’s line, 

O praise the Lord, and to your praise 
Sincere obedience join. 


3 ‘He ne’er disdain’d on low distress 
T6 cast a gracious eye ; 

Nor turn’d from misery his face 
But hears its humble cry.”’ 


4 Thus in thy sacred courts will I 
My cheerful thanks express ; 
In presence of thy saints perform 

The vows of my distress. 


5 The meek companions of my griet 
Shall find my table spread ; 

And all that seek the Lord shall be 
With joys immortal fed. 


6 Then shall the glad converted world 
To God their homage pay ; 

And scatter’d nations of the earth, 
One sovereign Lord obey. 


' 7 ’Tis his supreme prerogative 
‘O’er all mankind to reign ; 
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Tis just that he should rule the world 
Who does the world sustain. 


8 The rich, who are with plenty fed, 
His bounty must confess ; 

The sons of want, by him relieved, 
Their generous patron bless. 


9 With humble worship to his throne 
They all for aid resort ; 

That power which first their being gave 
Alone can them support. 


10 Then shall a chosen spotless race, 
Devoted to his Name, 

To their adoring sons his truth 
And glorious acts proclaim. 


SELECTION 18. C. M. 
From the xxiii. Psalm of David. 


ft Lord himself, the mighty Lord, 

Vouchsafes to be my guide ; 

The shepherd, by whose constant care 
My wants are all supplied. 


2 In tender grass he makes me feed, 
And gently there repose ; 

Then leads me to cool shades, and where 
Refreshing water flows. 


3 He does my wandering soul reclaim, 
And, to his endless praise, 

Instruct with humble zeal to walk 
In his most righteous ways. 


4 I pass the gloomy vale of death, 
From fear and danger free ; 

For there his aiding rod and staff 
Defend and comfort me. 


5 Since God doth thus his wondrous love 
Through all my life extend, 

That life to him I will devote, 
And in his temple spend. 


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SELECTION 19. C. M. 
From the xxiv. Psalm of David. 


HE spacious earth is all the Lord’s, 
The Lord’s her fullness is ; 
The world, and they that dwell therein, 
By sovereign right are his. 


2 He framed and fix’d it on the seas ; 
And his almighty hand 

. Upon inconstant floods has made 

The stable fabric stand. 


3 But for himself this Lord of all 
One chosen seat design’d : 

O who shall to that sacred hill 
Deserved admittance find 2% 


4 The man whose hands and heart are pure, 
Whose thoughts from pride are free ; 
Who honest poverty preters 
To gainful perjury. 


5 This, this is he on whom the Lord 
Shall shower his blessings down; 

Whom God, his Saviour, shal! vouchsafe 
With righteousness to crown. 


6 Such if the race of saints by whom 
The sacred courts are trod ; 
And such the prose!ytes that seek 

' Thy face, O Jacob’s God. 


7 Erect your heads, eternal gates, 
Unfold, to enter.ain 
The king of glory: see! he comes 
With his celestial train. 


8 Who is the king of glory? who? 
The Lord, for streneth renown’d ; 

In battle mighty ; oe’r his foes 
Eternal victor crown’d. 


9 Erect your heads, ye gates; unfold, 
In state to entertain 

The King of Glory : see, he comes 
With all his shining train. 


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10 ‘Vho is the King of Glory ? who? 
The Lord of hosts renown’d ; 

Of giory he alone is King, 
Who is with glory crown’d. 


SELECTION 20. 8S. M. 
From the xxv. Psalm of David. 


O God, in whom I trust, 

I lift my heart and voice: 

O let me not be put to shame, 
Nor let thy foes rejoice. 


2 Those who on thee rely, 
Let no disgrace attend ; 

Be that the shameful lot of such 
As wilfully offend. 


3 To me the trnth impart, 
And lead me in thy way 

For thou art he that brings me help, 
On thee I wait all day. 


4 Thy mercies and thy love, 
O Lord, recall to mind ; 
And graciously continue still, 
As thou wert ever, kind. 


5 Let all my youthful crimes 
Be blotted out by thee, 

And, for thy wondrous goodness’ sake 
In mercy think on me. 


6 His mercy and his truth 
The righteous Lord displays, 

In bringing wandering sinners home, 
And teaching them his ways. 


7 He those in justice guides 
Who his direction seek ; 

And in his sacred paths shall lead 
The humble and the meek. 


5 Through all the ways of God 
Both truth and mercy shine, 
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To such as, with religious hearts, 
To his blest will incline. 


9 Since mercy. is the grace 
That most exalts thy fame, 
Forgive my heinous sin, O Lord, 
And so advance thy Name. 


10 Who’er with humble fear 
‘ To God his duty pays, 
Shall find the Lord a faithful guide, 
In all his righteous ways. 


11 For God to all his saints 
His secret will imparts, 

And does his gracious covenant write 
In their obedient hearts. 


12 To Israel’s chosen race 
Continue ever kind ; 

And, in the midst of all their wants, 
Let them thy succour find. 


SELECTION 21. C. M. 
From the xxvi. Psalm of David.* 


UDGE me, O Lord, for I the paths 
Of righteousness have trod ; 
I shall not fail, who all my trust 
Repose on thee my God. 


2 T’ll wash my hands in innocence, 
And round thine altar go ; 

Pour the glad hymn of triumph thence, 
And thence thy wonders show. 


3 My thanks I’ll publish there, and tell 
How thy renown excels ; 





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* Extract from the Journal of the General Convenii on, 1832. 
Resolved, As the sense and declaration of this Convention, that so much 
of the rubrics in the Form of Consecration of a Church or Chapel as requires 
the singing of “ Psalm 26, verses 6.7 and 8,’’ will hereafter be duly complied 


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with by singing verses 2 and 3, in the selection from the 26th Psalm, included 
in the Psalms in Metre authorized by these resolutions to be set forth, 


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That seat affords me most delight 
In which thine honor dwells. 


SELECTION 22. C. M. 


From the xxvii. Psalm of David. 


Wee should I fear, since God to me 
Is saving health and light? 
Since strongly he my life supports 

What can my soul affright ? 


2 Henceforth within his house to dwell 
I earnestly desire ; 

His wondrous beauty there to view, 
And of his will enquire. 


3 For there I may with comfort rest, 
In times of deep distress ; 

And safe, as on a rock, abide 
In that secure recess. 


4 When us to seek thy glorious face 
Thou kindly dost advise ; 

yeh A: glorious face lll always seek,” 
My grateful heart replies. 


5 Then hide not thou thy face, O Lord, 
Nor me in wrath reject; 

My God and Saviour, leave not him 
Thou didst so oft protect: 


6 Though all of nearest earthly ties, 
Me, in my woe, forsake, 

Yet thou, whose love excels them all, 
ahve care and pity take. 


7 Instruct me in thy paths, O Lord, 
E My ways directly guide ; 
Lest sinful men, who watch my steps, 
Should see me tread aside. 


8 I trusted that my future life 
Should with thy love be crown’d; 
b. Or else my fainting soul had sunk, 
 - With sorrow compass’d round. 
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9 God’s time with patient faith expect, 
Who will inspire thy breast 

With inward strength: do thou thy part, 
And leave to him the rest. 


SELECTION 23. C. M. 
From the xxviii. Psalm of David. 


DORED for ever be the Lord ; 
His praise I will resound, 
From whom the cries of my distress 
A gracious answer found. 


2 He is my strength and shield ; my heart 
Has trusted in his Name ; 

And now relieved, my heart, with joy, 
His praises shall proclaim. 


3 The Lord, the everlasting God 
Is my defence and rock, 

The saving health, the saving strength 
Of his anointed flock. 


4 O save and bless thy people Lord, 
Thy heritage preserve ; 

Feed, strengthen and support their hearts, 
That they may never swerve. 


SELECTION 24. L. M. 
From the xxix. Psalm of David. 


E that in might and power excel, 

Your grateful sacrifice prepare ; 
God’s glorious actions loudly tell, 

His wondrous power to all declare. 


2 To his great Name fresh altars raise ; 
Devoutly due respect afford ; 
Him in his holy temple praise, 
Where he’s with solemn state adored. 


3 ’Tis he that, with amazing noise, 


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The ocean trembles at his voice, 
When he from heaven in thunder speaks. 


4 How full of power his voice appears! 
With what majestic terror crown’d! 

Which from their roots tall cedars tears, 
And strews their scatter’d branches round. 


5 God rules the angry floods on high ; 
His bouudless sway shall never cease ; 

His saints with strength he will supply, 
And bless his own with constant peace. 


SELECTION 25. C. M. 
From the xxx. Psalm of David. 


7 my distress to God I cried, 

Who kindly did relieve, 

And from the grave’s expecting mouth 
My hopeless life retrieve. 


2 O to his courts, ye saints of his, 
With songs of praise repair ; 
With me commemorate his truth, 

And providential care. 


3 His wrath hath but a moment’s reign, 
His favor no decay ; 

The night of grief is recompensed 
With joy’s returning day. 

4 Therefore, O Lord, Pll gladly sing 
Thy praise in grateful verse ; 


And, as thy favors endless are, 
Thy endless praise rehearse. 


. SELECTION 26. S. M. 
7 From the xxxi. Psalm of David. 


ilpes sa. me, Lord, from shame, 
For still I trust in thee ; 
As just and righteous is thy Name, 
From danger set me free. 
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2 Bow down thy gracious ear, 
And speedy succour send ; 

Do thou my steadfast rock appear, 
To shelter and defend. 


3 To thee, the God of truth, 
My life, and all that’s mine, 

(For thou preserv’st me from my youth,) 
I willingly resign. 


4 My hope, my steadfast trust, 

I on thy help repose : 
That thou, my God, art good and just, 
' My soul with comfort knows. 


5 Whate’er events betide, 
‘ Thy wisdom times them all; 
‘Then, Lord, thy servant safely hide 
From those that seek his fall. 


6 The brightness of thy face ; 
To me, O Lord, disclose ; 

And, as thy mercies still i increase, 
Preserve me from my foes. 


7 How great thy mercies are 
To such as fear thy Name, 

Which thou, for those that trust thy care, 
Dost to the world proclaim ! 


8 Oall ye saints, the Lord 
With eager love pursue ; 

Who to the just will help afford, 
And give the proud their due. 


9 Ye that on God rely, 
Courageously proceed ; 

For he will still your hearts supply 
With strength in time of need. 


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SELECTION 27. L. M. 
From the xxxii. Psalm of David. 


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Whose guilt remission has obtain’d, 
And whose repentance is sincere. 


2 No sooner I my wound disclosed, 
The guilt that tortured me within, 
But thy forgiveness interposed, 
And mercy’s healing balm pour’d in. 


3 Sorrows on sorrows multiplied, 
The harden’d sinner shall confound ; 
But them who in His truth confide, 
Blessings of mercy shall surround. 


4 His saints, that have perform’d his laws, 
Their life in triumph shall employ ; 

Let them. as they alone have cause, 
In grateful raptures shout for joy. 


SELECTION 28. 


From the xxxiii. Psalm of David. 
PARTI. C.M. 
‘e2 all the just to God, with joy, 


Their cheerful voices raise ; 
For well the righteous it becomes 
To sing glad songs of praise. 


2 Let harps, and psalteries, and lutes, 
In joyful concert meet : 

» And new-made songs of loud applause — 

The harmony complete. 


3 For faithful is the word of God, : 
His works with truth abound ; 

He justice loves, and all the earth 
Is with his goodness crown’d. 


4 By his almighty word, at first, 
The heavenly arch was rear’d ; 
And all the beauteous hosts of light 

At his command appear’d. 


5 Let earth, and all that dwell therein, 
Before him trembling stand: 

For when he spake the word, ’twas made, 
’T was fix’d at his command. 

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PART II. Cc. M. 


1 WHATE’ER the mighty Lord decrees, 
Shall stand for ever sure ; 

The settled purpose of his heart 
To ages shall endure. 


2 How happy then are they, to whom 
The Lord for God is known! 

Whom he, from all the world besides, 
Has chosen for his own. 


‘3 Our soul on God with patience waits; 
Our help and shield is he: 

Then, Lord, let still our hearts rejoice, 
Because we trust in thee. 


4 The riches of thy mercy, Lord, 
Do thou to us extend; 

Since we, for all we want or wish, 
On thee alone depend. 


SELECTION 29. 
From the xxxiv. Psalm of David. 
‘ PARTI. ©. M. 


HROUGH all the changing scenes of life, 
In trouble and in joy, 
The praises of my God shall still 
My heart and tongue employ. 


2 Of his deliverance I will boast, 
Till all that are distress’d 

_ From my example comfort take, 

And charm their griefs to rest. 


3 O magnify the Lord with me, 
With me exalt his Name: 

When in distress to him I ecall’d, 
He to my rescue came. 


4 The Angel of the Lord eneamps 
Around the good and just ; 

Deliverance he affords to all 
Who on his succour trust. 


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5 O make but trial of his love, 
Experience will decide 

How blest are they, and only they, 
Who in his truth confide. 


6 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then 
Have nothing else to fear ; 

Make you his service your delight, 
Your wants shall be his care. 


PART II. C.M. 
1 APPROACH, ye children of the Lord, 


And my instruction hear ; 
Pll teach you the true discipline 
Of his religious fear. 


2 Let him who length of life desires, 
And prosperous days would see, 

From slandering language keep his tongue, 
His lips from falsehood free: ~ 


3 The crooked paths of vice decline, 
And virtue’s ways pursue ; 

Establish peace, where ’tis begun, 
And where ’tis lost, renew. 


4 The Loid from heaven beholds the just 
With favorable eyes; . 
And, when distress’d, his gracious ear, 
Is open to their cries: * 


5 But turns his wrathful look on those 
Whom mercy can’t reclaim, 

To cut them off, and from the earth - 
Blot out their evil name. 


6 Deliverance to his saints he gives, 
When his relief they crave ; 

He’s nigh to heal the broken heart, 
And contrite spirit save. 


7 Great troubles may afflict the just, 
‘Yet God will save them still ; 
The righteous he will keep from harm, 
~ And guard from every ill. 
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8 The wicked, from their wickedness, 
Their ruin shall derive ; 

Whilst righteous men, whom they detest, 
Shall them and theirs survive. 


9 For God preserves the souls of those 

Who on his truth depend ; 
’ To them, and their posterity, 
His blessings shall descend. , 


SELECTION 30. L. M. 


From the xxxvi. Psalm of David. 
() LORD, thy mercy, my sure hope, 
The highest orb of heaven transcends ; 
Thy sacred truth’s unmeasured scope 
Beyond the ‘spreading sky extends. 


2 Thy justice like the hills remains, 
Unfathom’d depths thy judgments are ; 
Thy providence the world sustains, 
The whole creation is thy,care. 


3 Since of thy goodness all partake, 
With what assurance should the just 
Thy sheltering wings their refuge make, 

And saints to thy protection trust ! 


4 Such guests sha]l to thy courts be led, 
To banquet on thy love’s repast ; 

And drink, as from a fountain’s head, 
Of joys that shall for ever last. 


5 With thee the springs of life remain, 
Thy presence is eternal day ; 

O let thy saints thy favor gain, 
To upright hearts thy truth display. 


SELECTION 31. 


From the xxxvii. Psalm of David. 







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Thy anger or thy envy raise ; 
For they, cut down like tender grass, 
Or like young flowers, away shall pass, 
Whose blooming beauty soon decays. 


2 Depend on God, and him obey ; 
So thou within the land shalt stay, 
Secure from danger and from want~ 
Make his commands thy chief delight ; 
And he, thy duty to requite, 
Shall all thy earnest wishes grant. 


3 In all thy ways trust thou the Lord, 
And he will needful help afford, 

To perfect every just design : 
He’ll make, like light, serene and clear 
Thy clouded innocence appear, 

And as a mid-day sun to shine. 


4 With quiet mind on God depend, 
And patiently for him attend, 
Nor envy the success of crime: 
For God will sinful men destroy ; 
While they his presence shall enjoy, 
Who trust on him and wait his time. 


PART II. II. 2. 


1 THE good man’s way is God’s delight : 
He orders all the steps aright 

Of him that moves by his command ; 
Tho’ he sometimes may be distress’d, 
Yet shall he ne’er be quite oppress’d, 


For God upholds him with his hand. 


2 With caution shun each wicked deed, 
in viriue’s ways with zeal proceed, 
And so prolong your happy days: 
_For God, who judgment loves, does stul 
Preserve his saints secure from ill, 
While soon the wicked race decays. 


3 The upright shall possess the land, 
His portion shall for ages stand ; 
His mouth with wisdom is supplied, - 
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His tongue by rules of judgment moves, 
His heart the law of God approves ; 
Therefore his footsteps never slide. 


PART Ili. II. 2. 


1 THE wicked IJ in power have seen, 
And like a bay-tree fresh and green, 
That spreads its pleasant branches round: 
Bui he was gone as swift as thought ; 
And, though in every place I sought, 
No sign or track of him I found. 


2 Observe the perfect man with care, 
And mark all such as upright are ; 

Their roughest days in peace shall end: 
While on the latter end of those 
Who dare God’s sacred will oppose, 

A common ruin shall attend. 


3 God to the just will aid afford, 
Their only safeguard is the Lord, 
Their strength in time of need is he: 
Because on him they still depend, 
The Lord will timely succour send, 
And from the wicked set them free. 


SELECTION 32. C. M. 
From the xxxviii. Psalm of David. 


PHY chast’ning wrath, O Lord, restraim, 
Though I deserve it all; . 
Nor let on me the heavy storm 
Of Thy displeasure fall. 


2 My sins, which to a deluge swell, 
My sinking head o’erflow, 

And for my feeble strength to bear, * 
Too vast a burden grow. 


3 But, Lord, before thy searching eyes 
All my desires appear; __ ; 
The groanings of my burden’d soul > 
Have reach’d thine open ear. 
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4 Forsake me not, O Lord, my God, 
Nor far from me depart : 

Make haste to my relief, O thou 
Who my salvation art. 


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From the xxxix. Psalm of David. 


ORD, let me know my term of days, 
| 4 How soon my life will end: 
The numerous train of ills disclose 
Which this frail state attend. 


2 My hfe, thou know’st, is but a span, 
A cypher sams my years; 

And every man, in best estate, 
But vanity appears. 


3 Man, like a shadow, vainly walks, 
With fruitless cares oppress’d ; 
He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell 

By whom ’twill be possess’d. 


4 Why then should I on worthless toys 
With anxious cares attend ? 

On thee alone my steadfast hope 
Shall ever ,Lord, depend. 


5 Lord hear my ery, accept my tears, 
And listen to my prayer, 
Who sojourn like a stranger here, 
As all my fathers were. 


6 O spare me yet a little time; 
My wasted strength restore, 

Before I vanish quite from hence, 
And shall be seen no more. 


SELECTION 34. L. M. 
From the xl. Psalm of David. 


- | WAITED meekly for the Lord, 
is Till he vouchsafed a kind reply ; : 
Who did his gracious ear afford, 
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2 The wonders he for me has wrough, 
Shall fill my mouth with songs of - praise} 
And others, to his worship brought, 
To hopes of like deliverance raise. 


3 For blessings shall that man reward 
Who on th’ Almighty Lord relies ; 

Who treats the proud with disregard, 
And hates the hypocrite’s disguise. 


4 Who can the wondrous works recount, 

Which thou, O God, for us hast w rought! 
The treasures ‘of thy love surmount 

The power of numbers, speech, and thought. 


5 [ve learnt that thou hast not desired, 
Offerings and sacrifice alone ; 

Nor blood of guiltless beasts required 
For man’s transgression to atone. 


6 I therefore come—come to fulfil ; 
The oracles thy books impart : 
’Tis my delight to do thy will; 
Thy law is written in my heart. 
7 In full assemblies I have told 
Thy truth and righteousness at large; 
Nor did, thou know’st, my lips withhold 
From uttering what thou gay’st in charge; 


- 8 Nor kept within my breast confined 


Thy faithfulness and saving grace ; 
But preach’d thy love for all design’ dd: 
That all might that and truth embrace. 


9 Then let those mercies I declared 


To others, Lord, extend to me ; 
Thy loving-kindness my reward, 
Thy truth my. safe protection be. 


SELECTION 35. C. M. 
From the xli. Psalm of David. 


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When troubles compass him around, 
The Lord shall give him rest. 


2 The Lord his life, with blessings crown’d, 
In safety shall prolong ; 

And disappoint the will of those 
Who seek to do him wrong. ° 


3 If he, in languishing estate, 
Oppress’d with sickness lie ; 
The Lord will easy make his bed, 
And inward strength supply. 


4 Secure of this, to thee, my God, 
I thus my prayer address’d : 
“Lord, for thy mercy, heal my soul, 
Though I have much transgress’d. 


5 Thy tender care secures my life 
From danger and disgrace ; 

And thou vouchsaf’st to set me still 
Before thy glorious face. 


6 Let therefore Israel’s Lord and God 
From age to age be bless’d ; 

And all the people’s glad applause 
With loud Amens express’d. 


SELECTION 36, C. M. 
From the xli. Psalm of David. 


S$ pants the hart for cooling streams, 
. When heated in the chase ; 
So longs my soul, O God, for thee, 
And thy refreshing grace. 


2 For thee, my God, the living God, 
My thirsty-soul doth pine ; 

O, when shall I behold thy face, 
Thou majesty divine ? 


3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul? 
Trust God, who will employ 
His aid to thee, and change these sighs 
To thankful hymns of Joy. Re 
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4 God of my strength. how lorg shall I, 
Like one forgotten, mourn ; 

Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed 
To my oppressor’s scorn ? 


5 My heart is pierced, as with a sword, 
While thus my foes upbraid: 

“Vain boaster where is now thy God? 
And where his promised aid?” 


6 Why restless, why cast down, my soul? 
Hope still: and thou shalt sing 

The praise of him who is thy God, 
Thy health’s eternal spring. 


SELECTION 37. IL. 5. — 
From the xlii. Psalm of David 


S pants the wearied hart for cooling springs, 
That sinks exhausted in the summer’s chase, 
So pants my soul for thee, great king of kings, 
So thirsts to reach thy savred dwelling place. 


- 2 Why throb, my heart? why sink, my soul? 

Why droop to earth, with various woes oppress’d ; 
My years shall yet in blissful circles roll, 

And peace be yet an inmate of this breast. 


3 Lord, thy sure mercies, ever in my sight, 
My heart shall gladden through the tedious day ; 
And midst the dark and gloomy shades of night, 
To thee my God, I'll tune the grateful lay. 


4 Why faint, my soul? why doubt Jehovah’s aid? 
Thy God the God of mercy still shall prove; 

Within his courts thy’thanks shall yet be paid: 
Unquestioned be his faithfulness and love. 


SELECTION 38. L. M. 


From the xliii. Psalm of David. 


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Be these my guides to lead the way, 

Till on thy holy hill I rest, dey 
And in thy sacred temple pray. 
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2 Then will I there fresh altars raise, 
To God, who is my only joy; 

And well tun’d harps, with songs of praise, 
Shall all my grateful hours employ. 





3 Why then cast down, my soul? and why 
So much opress’d with anxious care ? 

On God, thy God, for aid rely, 
Who will thy ruin’d state repair. 


SELECTION 39. C. M. 
» From the xlv. Psalm of David. 


HILE IJ the King’s loud praise rehearse, 
Indited by my heart, 
My tongue is hike the pen of him 
That writes with ready art. 


2 How matchless is thy form, O King, 
Thy mouth with grace o’erflows ; 

Because fresh blessmgs God on thee 
Eternally bestows. 


3 Gird on thy sword, most mighty prince ; 
And, clad in rich array, 

With glorious ornaments of power, 
Majestic pomp display. 


4 Ride on in state, and still. protect 
The meek, the just, and true ; 

Whilst thy nght hand, with swift revenge, 
Does all thy foes pursue. 


5 How sharp thy weapons are to them 
That dare thy power despise ! 

Down, down they fall, while through their heart 
The piercing arrow flies. 


6 But thy firm throne, O God, is fix’d, 
Forever to endure, 

Thy sceptre’s sway shall always last, 
By righteous laws secure. © 


7 Because thy heart, by justice led, | 
Did upright ways approve. 
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And hated still the crooked paths, 
Where wandering sinners rove: 


8 Therefore did God, thy God, on thee 
The oil of oladness shed ; 

And has, above thy fellows ‘round 
Advanced thy lofty head. 


SELECTION 40. II. 2. 
From the xlvi, Psalm of David, 


G OD is our refuge in distress, 
J A present help when dangers press, 
Tn him, undaunted, we’ll confide ; 
Though earth were from her centre tost, 
And mountains in the oeean lost, 
Torn piecemeal] by the roaring tide. 


2 A gentler stream with g'adness still 
The eity of our Lord shall fill, 
The royal seat of God most high: 
God dwells in Sion, whose fair towers 
Shall mock th’ assaults of earthly powers, 
While his almighty aid is nigh. 


3 Submit to God’s almighty sway, 
For him the heathen shall obey, 

And earth her sovereign Lord. confess; 
The God of hosts conducts our arms, 
Our tower of refuge in alarms, 

As to our fathers in distress. 


SELECTION 41. L. M. 
From the xlvii. Psalm of David. 


ALL ye people clap your hands, 
And with triumphant voices sing ; : 
No force the mighty power withstands 
Of God, the universal King. 


2 He shall assaulting foes repel, 
And with success our battles ‘fight ; 
Shall fix the place where we must dwell, 
The pride of ape his delight. 


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3 God is gone up, our Lord and King, 
With shouts of joy, and trumpet’s sound ; 
To him repeated praises sing, 
And let the cheerful song rebound. 


4 Your utmost skill in praise be shown, 

For him who all the world commands ; 
Who sits upon his righteous throne, 

And spreads his sway o’er heathen lands. 


SELECTION 42. C.M. 
From the xlviii. Psalm of David. 


nek Lord, the only God, is great, 

And greatly to be praised 

In Sion, on whose happy mount 
His sacred throne is raised. 


2 In Sion we have seen perform’d 
A work that was foretold, 

In pledge that God, for times to come, 
His city will uphold. 


3 Let Sion’s mount with joy resound ; 
Her daughters all be taught 

In songs his judgments to extol, 
Who this deliverance wrought. 


4 Compass her walls in solemn pomp, 
Your eyes quite round her cast ; 

Count all her towers, and see if there 
You find one stone displaced. 


5 Her forts and palaces survey, 
Observe their order well; 

That to the ages yet to come 
His wonders you may tell. 


6 This God is ours, and will be ours, 
Whilst we in him confide ; 

Who, as he has preserved us now, 
Till death will be our guide. 


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SELECTION 43. 
From the |. Psalm of David. 
PART YT. 1:°2. 
HE Lord hath spoke, the mighty God 


Hath sent his summons all abroad, 
From dawning light till day declines: 
The listening earth his voice hath heard, 
And he from Sion hath appeavr’d, 
Where beauty in perfection shines. 


2 Our God shall come, and keep no more 
Misconstrued silence as before, 

But wasting flames before him send ; 
Around shall tempests fiercely rage, 
Whilst he does heaven and earth engage 

His just tribunal to attend. 


3 Assemble all my saints to me, 

(Thus runs the great divine decree, ) 
That in my lasting covenant live, 

And offerings bring with constant care: 

The heavens his justice shall declare, 
For God himself shall sentence give. 


PART II. I. 2. 


1 ATTEND, my people; Israel, hear ; 
Thy strong accuser I'll appear ; 
Thy God, thine only God, am L: 
’Tis not of offerings [ complain, 
Which daily in my temple slain, 
My sacred altar did supply. 


2 The sacrifices I require ’ 
Are hearts which love and zeal inspire, 
And vows with strictest care made good: 
In time of trouble call on me, 
And I will set thee safe and free, 
And thou shalt praise thy gracious God. 


3 Consider this, ye thoughtless men! 
My vengeance shall not fall in vain, aint 
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Who praises me due honor gives 
And to the man that justly lives 
My strong salvation shall be shown. 


SELECTION 44. § M. 
From the li. Psalm of David. 


AVE mercy, Lord, on me, 
As thou wert ever kind: 
Let me, oppress’d with loads of guilt 
Thy wonted mercy find. 


2 Wash out my foul offence, 
And cleanse me from my ‘sin ; ; 

For I confess my crime, and see 
How great my guilt has been. 


3 Against thee, Lord, alone, 
And only in Uy sight, 

Have I transeress’d ; ‘and, though condemn’d, 
Must own ‘thy judgment right. 


A In guilt each part was form’d 
Of all this sinful frame ; 

In guilt I was conceiv’d, and born 
The heir of sin and shame. 


5 Yet, Lord, thy searching eye 


Does inward truth require ; 
And secretly with wisdom’s laws 
My soul thou wilt inspire. 


6 With hyssop purge me, Lord, 
And so f clean shall be: 
{ shall with snow in whiteness vie, 


When purified by thee. 


7 Make me to hear with joy 
Thy kind forgiving voice ; 

That so the bones which thou hast broke 
May with fresh strength rejoice. 


8 Blot out my crying sins, 
Nor me in anger view; 
Create in me a heart that’s clean, 
An upright mind renew. 
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9 Withdraw not thou thy help, 
Nor cast me from thy sight ; 

Nor let thy holy spirit take 
His everlasting flight. 


10 The joy thy favor gives 
Let me, O Lord, regain ; 

And thy free Spirit’s firm support 
My fainting soul sustain. 


11 So I thy righteous ways 
To sinners will impart ; 

Whilst my advice shall wicked men 
To thy just laws convert. : 


12 Could sacrifice atone, 
Whole flocks and herds slifald die ; 
But on such offerings thou disdain’st ” 
To cast a gracious eye. 


13 A broken spirit is 
By God most highly prized : 
By him a broken contrite heart 
Shall never be despised. 


14 Let Sion favor find, 
Of thy good will assured ; 
And thy own city flourish long, 
By lofty walls secured. 


15 The just shall then attend. 
And pleasing tribute pay ; 
And sacrifice of choicest kind 

Upon thine altar lay. 


SELECTION 45. C. M. 
From the ly. Psalm of David. 


ae ear, thou Judge of all the earth, 

And listen when I pray; 

Nor from thy humble suppliant turn 
Thy glorious face away. 


2 My heart is pain’d; the shades of death 
Their terrors round me spread ; 


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While fearful trembling sieze my breast 
Horrors o’erwhelm my head. 


3 And thus I breathe my heavy sigh 
To Him who hears above : 

“© that my soul on wings could fly, 
And emulate the dove ! 


4 “Swift ’'d escape, and flee afar, 
Some secret place to find, 

Hide from the world’s distracting care, 
And rest my weary mind: 


5 “I'd wing my everlasting flight, 

eas, Bidding the world farewell, 

From sin and strife, to realms of light, 
Where peace and quiet dwell.” 


6 Thus willl call on God, who still 
Shall in my aid appear ; 

At morn, at noon, at night I’ll pray 
And he my voice shall hear. 


SELECTION 46. C. M. 
From the lvi. Psalm of David. 


* ORD, tho’ at times surprised by fear 
On danger’s first alarm, } 
Yet still fer succour I depend 
On thy almighty arm. 


2 God’s faithful promise I shall praise, 
On which I now rely; 

In God I trust, and trustmg him, 
The arm of flesh defy. 


3 Vl trust God’s word, and so despise 
The force that man can raise ; 

To thee, O God, my vows are due, 
To thee I’ll render praise 


4 Thou hast retrieved my soul from death, 
And thou wilt still secure 

The life thou hast so oft preserved, 

-: And make my footsteps sure: 
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5 That thus, protected by thy power 
I may this light enjoy ; 

And in the service of my God 
My lengthen’d days employ. 


SELECTION 47. L. M. 


From the Ivii. Psalm of David. 


0 GOD, my heart is fix’d, ’tis bent, 
Its thankful tribute to present ; 

And, with my heart, my voice I’ll raise 
To thee, my God, in songs of praise. 


2 Awake, my glory; harp and lute, 
No longer let your strings be mute: 
And I, my tuneful part to take, 
Will with the early dawn awake. 


3 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound 
To all the listening nations round : 

Thy mercy highest heaven transcends, 
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends. 


4 Be thou, O God, exalted high 
‘And as thy glory fills the sky, 

So let it be on earth display’d, 

Till thou art here, as there, obey’d. 


SELECTION 48. L. M. 
From the lxii. Psalm of David. 
M* soul, for help on God rely, 


On him alone thy trust repose ; 
My rock and health will strength supply, 
To bear the shock of all my foes. 


2 God does his saving health dispense _ 
And flowing blessings daily send ; 

He is my fortress and defence, 
On him my soul shall still depend. 








3 In him, ye people, always trust ; : 
Before his throne pour out your hearts : : 
For God, the merciful and just, 

His timely aid to us ape Lee 


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4 The Lord has oft his will express’d, 
And I this truth have fully known ; 

To be of boundless power possess’d, 
Belongs of right to God alone. 


5 Though mercy is his darling grace 
In which he chiefly takes delight ; 

Yet will he all the human race 
According to their works requite. 


SELECTION 49. II. 2. 
From the Ixiii. Psalm of David. 


Q) GOD, my gracious God, to thee 
My morning prayers shall offer’d be, 
For thee my thirsty soul does pant ; 
My fainting flesh implores thy grace, 
As in a dry and barren place, 
Where I refreshing waters want. 


2 O, to my longing eyes once more, 
That view of glorious power restore, 
Which thy majestic house displays: 
Because to me thy wondrous love 
Than life itself does dearer prove, 
My lips shall always speak thy praise. 


3 My life, while I that life enjoy, 
In blessing God I will employ, 
With lifted hands adore his Name: 
As with its choicest food supplied, 
My soul shall be full satisfied, 
While I with joy his praise proclaim. 


4 When down I lie, sweet sleep to find, 
Thou, Lord, art present to my mind, 
And when I wake in dead ‘of night ; 
Because thou still dost succour bring, 
Beneath the shadow of thy wing 
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SELECTION 50. 
From the lxv. Psalm of David. 
PART. I. L. M. 


OR thee, O God, our constant praise 
' In Sion waits, thy chosen seat ; 
Our promised altars there we’ll raise, 
And all our zealous vows complete. 


2 Thou, who to every humble prayer 


Dost always bend thy listening ear, 
To thee shall all mankind repair, 
And at thy gracious throne appear. 


3 Our sins, though numberless, in vain 
To stop thy flowing mercy try ; 

Whilst thou o’erlook’st the guilty stain, 
And washest out the crimson dye. 


4 Bless’d is the man, who, near thee placed, 
Within thy sacred dwelling lives ! 

’Tis there abundantly we taste 
The vast delights thy temple gives. 


PART II. L.M. 


1 LORD, frem thy unexhausted store, 
Thy rain relieves the thirsty ground ; 

Makes lands, that barren were before, 
With comand useful fruits abound. 


2 On rising ridges down it pours, 
And every furrow’d valley fills: 

Thou mak’st them soft with gentle showers, 
Inu which a blest increase distils. 


3 Thy goodness does the circling year 
With fresh returns of plenty crown; 

And where thy glorious paths appear, 
The fruitful clouds drop fatness down. 


4 They drop on barren deserts, changed 
By them to pastures fresh and green: _ - 
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In beauteous robes of joy are seen. 
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5 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn 
The cheerful downs ; the valleys bring 
A plenteous crop of full-ear’d corn, 
And seem, for joy, to shout and sing. 


SELECTION 51. 


From the Ixvi. Psalm of David. 
PARTI. C.M. 
ET all the lands, with shouts of } iey, 


To God their voices raise ; ; 
Sing psalms in honor of his Name, 
And spread his glorious praise. 


2 And let them say, How dreadful, Lord, 
In all thy works art thou! 

To thy great power thy stubborn foes 
Shall all be forced to bow. 


3 Through all the earth the nations round 
Shall thee their God confess ; 

And, with glad hymns, their awful dread 
Of thy great Name express. 


4 O come, behold the works of God, 
And then with me you’ll own, 
That he to all the sons of men 
Has wondrous judgment shown 


5 O all ye nations bless our God, 
And loudly speak his praise ; 

Who keeps our souls alive, and still 
Confirms our steadfast ways. 


PART II. C.M. 


1 MY offerings to God’s house [ll bring, 
And there my vows will pay, 

Which I with solemn zeal did make 
In trouble’s dismal day. 


2 O come, all ye that fear the Lord, 
Attend with heedful care ; 
Whilst I what God for me has done 
With grateful joy declare. 
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3 As I before his aid implored, 
So now I praise his Name; 

But, if my heart to sin incline, 
My prayer will God disclaim. 


4 But God to me, whene’er I cried, 
His gracious ear did bend ; 

And to the voice of my request 
With constant love attend. 


5 Then bless’d for ever be my God, 
~ Who never, when I pray, 
Withholds his mercy from my soul, 
Nor turns his face away. 
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SELECTION 52. §. M. 
From the Ixvii. Psalm of David. 


O bless thy chosen race, 
In mercy, Lord, incline ; 
And cause the brightness of thy face 
On all thy saints to shine: 


2 That so thy wondrous way 

May through the world be known; 
. While distant lands their tribute pay, 
And thy salvation own. 


3 Let differing nations join 
To celebrate thy fame ; 

Let all the world, O Lord, combine 
To praise thy glorious Name 


4 O let them shout and sing, 
With joy and pious mirth ; 

For thou, the righteous Judge and King, 
Shalt govern all the earth. — 


5 Let differing nations join 
To celebrate thy fame; 

Let all the world, O Lord, combine 
To praise thy glorious Name. 


6 Then God upon our land . 
Shall constant blessings shower ; 
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Of his resistless power. 


SELECTION 53. L. M. 
From the Ixvii. Psalm of David. 


HE servants of Jehovah’s will 
His favor’s gentle beams enjoy; - 
Their upright hearts let gladness fill, 
And cheerful songs their tongues employ. 


2 To him your voice in anthems raise, 
Jehovah’s awful name he bears ; 
In him rejoice, extol his praise, 


Who rides upon high-rolling spheres. 


3 His chariots numberless, his powers 
Are heavenly hosts, that wait his will ; 
His presence now fills Sion’s towers, 
As once it honor’d Sinai’s hill. 


4 Ascending high, in triumph thou 
Captivity hast captive led, 

And on thy people didst bestow 
Thy gifts and graces freely shed. 


5 E’en rebels shall partake thy grace, 
And humble proselytes repair 

To worship at thy dwelling-place, 
And all the world pay homage there, 


6 For benefits each day bestow’d, 

Be daily his great Name ador’d, 
Who is our Saviour and our God, 

Of life and death the sovereign Lord. 


SELECTION 54. 
From the lxix. Psalm of David. 


PART I. L. M. 


AVE me, O God, from waves that roll, 
And press to overwhelm my soul: 
With painful steps in mire I tread, 
_ And deluges o’erflow my head. 
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2 O Lord, to thee I will repair . 

For help, with humble, timely prayer ; 
Relieve me from th. mercy’s store, 
Display thy truth’s preserving power. 


3 From threat’ning dangers me relieve, 
And from the mire my feet retrieve ; 
From all my foes in safety keep, 

And snatch me from the raging deep. 


4 Lord, hear the humble prayer I make, 
For thy transcending goodness’ sake ; 
Relieve thy supplicant once more 

From thy abounding mercy’s store. 


5 Reproach and grief have broke my heart; 
I look’d for some to take my part, 

To pity, or relieve my pain; 

But look’d alas! for both in vain. 


6 With hunger pined, for food I call, 
Instead of food they give me gall ; 
And when with thirst my spirits sink, 
They give me vinegar to drink. 


7 For new afflictions they procured 

For him, who had thy stripes endured ; 

And made the wounds thy scourge had torn, 
To bleed afresh with sharpe” scorn. 


PART Il. L. M. 


1 MY soul, howe’er distress’d and poor, 
Thy strong salvation shall restore ; 

Thy power with songs I’ll then proclaim, 
And celebrate with thanks thy Name. 


2 Our God shall this more highly prize 
Than herds of flocks in sacrifice ; 
Which humble saints with joy shall see, 
And hope for like redress with me. 


3 For God regards the poor’s complaint, 
And frees the captive from restraint, 
Let heaven, earth, sea, their voices raise, 
And all the world resound his praise. 

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eSELECTION 55. C. M. 
From the Ixxi. Psalm of David. 


iG thee I put my steadfast trust, 

Defend me, Lord, from shame ; 

Incline thine ear, and save my soul, 
For righteous is thy Name. 


2 Be thou my strong abiding place, 
To which I may resort ; 

Thy promise, Lord, is my defence, 
Thou art my rock and fort. 


3 My steadfast and unchanging hope, 
Shall on thy power depend ; 

And I in grateful songs of praise 
My time to come will spend. 


4 Thy righteous acts and saving health 
My mouth shall still declare; 

Unable yet to count them all, 
Though summ’d with utmost care. 


5 While God vouchsafes me his support, 


~ Pllin his strength go on; 


All other righteousness disclaim, 
And meution his alone. 


6 Thou, Lord, hast taught me from my youtn, 
To praise thy glorious Name ; 

And ever since, thy wondrous works 
Have been my constant theme. 


7 Therefore, with psaltery and harp, 
Thy truth, O Lord, [’ll praise ; 

To thee, the God of Jacob’s race, 
My voice in anthems raise. 


8 Then joy shall fill my mouth, and songs 
Employ my cheerful voice ; 

My grateful soul, by thee redeem’d, 
Shall in thy strength rejoice, 


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SELECTION 56. C. M, 
From the lxxii. Psalm of David. 


O! hills and mountains shall bring forth 
The happy fruits of peace ; _ 
Which all the land shall own to be 
The work of righteousness : 


2 While David’s Son our needy race 
Shall rule with gentle sway, 

And from their humble neck shall take 
Oppressive yokes away. 


3 In every heart thy awful fear 
Shall then be rooted fast, 

As long as sun and moon endure, - 
Or time itself shall last. 


4 He shall descend like rain, that cheers 
‘The meadow’s second birth ; 

Or like warm showers, whose gentle drops 
Refresh the thirsty earth. 


5 In his blest days the just and good 
Shall spring up all around : 

The happy land shall everywhere 
With endless peace abound. 


6 His uncontroll’d dominion shall 
From sea to sea extend ; 

Begin at proud Euphrates’ stream, 
At nature’s limits end. 


7 To him the savage nations round 
Shall bow their servile heads ; 

His vanquish’d foes shall lick the dust, 
Where he his conquest spreads. 


8 The kings of Tarshish and the isles 
Shall costly presents bring; 

From spicy Sheba gifts shall come, 
And wealthy Saba’s king. 


9 To him shall every king on earth 
His humble homage pay ; . 
And differing nations gladly join 
To own his righteous sway. 
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10 Forhe shall set the needy free, 
When they for succour cry ; 

Shall save the helpless and the poor 
And all their wants supply. 


11 For him shall constant prayer be made, 
Through all his prosperous days: 

His just dominion shall afford 
A lasting theme of praise. 


12 The memory of his glorious Name 
Through endless years shall run; . 
His spotless fame shall shine as brignt 

And lasting as the sun. 


13 In him the nations of the world 
Shall be completely bless’d, 
And his unbounded happiness 
By every tongue confess’d 


14-Then bless’d be God, the mighty Lord, 
The God whom Israel fears; 

Who only wondrous in his works 
Beyond compare, appears. 


15 Let earth be with his glory fill’d, 
For ever bless his Name ; 

Whilst to his praise the listening world 
Their glad assent proclaim. 


SELECTION 57. L.M. 
From the Ixxiit. Psalm of David. 


HY presence, Lord, hath me supplied, 

Thou my right hand support dost give ; 
Thou first shalt with thy counsel guide, 
And then to glory me receive. 


2 Whom then in heaven, but thee alone, 
Have I, whose favor I require ? ? 

Thr oughout the spacious earth there’s none, 
Compared with thee, that I desire. 


3 My trembling flesh and aching heart 
May often fail to succour me ; 
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But God shall inward strength impart, 
And my eternal portion be. 


4 For they that far from thee remove 
Shall into sudden ruin fall ; 

If after other gods they rove, 
Thy vengeance shall destroy them all. 


5 But as for me, ’tis good and just 
That I should still to God repair; 
In him J always put my trust, 
And will his wondrous works declare. 


SELECTION 58. C. M. 
From the Ixxiv. Psalm of David. 


HINE is the cheerful day, O Lord ; 
Thine the return of night; 
Thou hast prepared the glorious sun, 
And every feebler light. 


2 By thee the borders of the earth 
In perfect order stand ; 

The summer’s warmth, and winter’s cold, 
Attend on thy command. 


SELECTION 59. IV. 1. 
From the Ixxvi. Psalm of David. 
HE Name of our God 


In Israel is known; 
His mansion beloved 
Is Sion alone ; 
There broke he the arrows 
The enemy hurl’d, 
And honored his mountain 
Above all the world. 


2 The pride of thy foes 
. Is turn’d to thy praise ; 
Their fierceness o’er-ruled 
Thy providence sways; 
Their sin overflowing - 
Thy power will restrain ; 
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Thy arm on the wicked 
New glory will gain. 


3 Ye nations, to God 
Vow homage sincere ; 
Devote to him gifts, 
Love, worship, and fear; 
Before him, ye mighty, 
Your spirits repress ; 
Ye high, and ye humble, 
His wonders confess ! 


SELECTION 60. C. M. 
From the lxxviii. Psalm of David. 


EAR, O my people, to my law 
Devout attention lend ; 
Let the instruction of my mouth 
Deep in your hearts descend. 


2 My tongue shall oracles proclaim 
Which ancient times have known ; 
The truths which our forefathers’ care 

To us have handed down. 


3 We will not hide them from our sons, 
Our offspring shall be taught 

The praises of the Lord, whose strength 
Has works of wonder wrought. 


4 For Jacob he his law ordain’d, 
His league with Israel made ; 
With charge to be from age to age, 

From race to race convey’d ; 


& That generations yet to come 
Should to their unborn heirs 

Religiously transmit the same, 
And they again to theirs. 


6 To teach them that in God alone 
Their hope securely stands, 

That they should ne’er his works forget, 
But keep his just commands. 


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SELECTION 61. L. M. 
From the Ixxx. Psalm of David. 


THOU whom heavenly hosts obey, 
How long shall thy fierce anger burn? 
How long thy suffering people pray, 
Add to their prayers have no return ? 


2 Thou brought’st a vine from Egypt’s land; 
And, casting out the heathen race, 

Didst plant it with thine own right hand, 
And firmly fix’d it in their place. 


3 Before it thou prepared’st the way, 
And mad’st it take a lasting root ; 
Which, bless’d with thy indulgent ray, 
O’er all the land did widely shoot. 


4 The hills were cover’d with its shade, 
Its goodly bows did cedars seem ; 

Its branches to the sea were spread, 
And reach’d to proud Euphrates’ stream. 


5 To thee, O God of hosts, we pray 
Thy wonted goodness, Lord, renew ; 
From heaven, thy throne, this vine survey, 
And her sad state with pity view. 


6 Behold the vineyard made by thee, 
Which thy right band did guard so long; 

And keep that brar h from danger free, 
Which for thyself thou mad’st so strong. 


7 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thoy 
The lustre of thy face display ; 

And all the ills we suffer now, 
Like scatter’d clouds shall pass away. 


SELECTION 62. C. M. 
From the lxxxi. Psalm of David. 


A fe God, our never-failing strength, 
With loud applauses sing ; 
And jointly make a cheerful noise 
To Jacob’s awful King. ° 
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2 Compose a hymn of praise, and touch 
Your instruments of joy; 

Let psaltries and tuneful harps 
Your grateful skill employ. 


3 Let trumpets at the festival 
Their joyous voices raise, 

To celebrate th’ appointed time, 
The solemn day of praise. 


4 For this a statute was of old, 
Which Jacob’s God decreed, | 

To be with pious care observed, 
By Israel’s chosen seed. 


SELECTION 63 C. M. 
From the Ixxxiv. Psalm of David. 


GOD of hosts, the mighty Lord, 
How lovely is the place, 
Where thou enthron’d in glory, show’st 
The brightness of thy face! 


2 My longing soul faints with desire 
To view thy blest abode ; 

My panting heart and flesh cry out 
For thee, the living God. 


3 The birds, more happy far than I, 
Around thy temple throng ; 

Securely there they build, and there 
Securely hatch their young. 


4 O Lord of hosts, my King and God, 
How highly bless’d are they, 

Who in thy temple always dwell, 
And there thy praise display ! 


5 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee 
Their sure protection made, 

Who long to tread the sacred ways 
That to thy dwelling lead ! 


6 Who pass thro’ parch’d and thirsty vales, 
Yet no refreshment want ; 
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Their pools are filled with rain, which thou 
At their request dost grant. 


7 Thus they proceed from strength to strength 
And still approach more near ; 

Till all on Sion’s holy mount 
Before their God appear. 


8 Within thy courts one single day 
’Tis better to attend, 

Than, Lord, in any other place 
A thousand days to spend. 


9 Much rather in God’s house will I , 
The meanest office take, 

Than in the wealthy tents of sin 
My pompous dwelling make. 


10 For God, who is our sun and shield 
Will grace and glory give ; 
And no good thing wil] he withhold 
From them that justly live. ; 


11 Thou God, whom heavenly hosts obey, 
How highly bless’d is he, 

Whose hope and trust, securely placed, 
Are still reposed on thee. 


SELECTION 64. C. M. 
From the lxxxv. Psalm of David. 


GOD our Saviour, all our hearts 
To thy obedience turn ; 
That, quench’d with our repenting tears, 
Thy wrath no more may burn. 


2 For why shouldst thou be angry still, 
And wrath so long retain ? 

Revive us, Lord, and let thy saints 
Thy wonted comfort gain. 


3 Thy gracious favor, Lord, display, 
Which we have long implored ; 
And for thy wondrous mercy’s sake, 
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4 God’s answer patiently Ill wait ; 
For he with glad success, 

If they no more to folly turn, 
His mourning saints will bless. 


5 To all that fear God’s holy Name 
His sure salvation’s near ; 

His glory in our happy land 
Forever shall appear. 


6 For mercy now with truth is join’d; 
And righteonsness with peace, 

Like kind companions, absent long, 
With friendly arms embrace. 


7 Truth from the earth shall spring, whilst heaven 
Shall streams of justice pour ; 

And God, from whom all goodness flows, 
Shall endless plenty shower. 


8 Before him righteousness shall march, 
And his just paths prepare: 

While we his holy steps pursue 
With constant zeal and care. 


SELECTION 65. C. M. 
From the lxxxvi. Psalm of pets 


O my complaint, O Lord my God, 
Thy gracious ear incline ; 
Hear me, distress’d and destitute 
Of all relief but thine. 


2 Do thou, O God, preserve my soul, 
That does thy Name adore ; 

Thy servant keep, and him whose trust 
Relies on thee, restore. 


3 To me, who daily thee invoke, 
Thy mercy, Lord, extend ; 

Refresh thy servant's soul, whose hopes 
On thee alone depend. 


. 4 Thou, Lord, art good ; nor only good, 


But prompt to Bernas too ; 
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Of plenteous mercy to all those 
Who for thy mercy sue. 


5 To my repeated humble prayer, 
O Lord, attentive be ; 

When troubled, I on thee will call, 
For thou wilt answer me. 


6 Among the gods there’s none like thee, 
O Lord, alone divine! 

To thee as much inferior they, 
Asare there works to thine. 


7 Therefore their great Creator, thee 
The nations shall adore ; 

Their long misguided-prayers and praise 
To thy bless’ Name restore. 


8 All shall confess thee great, and great 
The wonders thou hast done; 

Confess thee God, the God supreme, 
Confess thee God alone. © 


9 Teach me thy way,'O Lord, and I 
From truth shall ne’er depart ; 

In reverence to thy sacred Name 
Devoutly fix my heart. 


10 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God, 
Praise thee with heart sincere ; 
And to thy everlasting Name 
Eternal trophies rear. 


11 Thy boundless mercy shown to me 
Transcends my power to tell: 
For thou hast oft redeem’d my soul 
From lowest deeps of hell. 


12 And thou thy constant goodness didst 
To my assistance bring; 

Of patience, mercy, and of truth, 
Thou everlasting spring ! 


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SELECTION 66. II. 3. 
From the Ixxxvii. Psalm of David. 


OD’S temple crowns the holy mount, 
[ The Lord there condescends to dwell: 
His Sion’s gates, in his account, 
Our Israel’s fairest tents excel: 
Yea, glorious things of thee we sing, 


O city of th’ Almighty King! 


2 Of henor’d Sion we aver, 
Illustrious throngs from her proceed ; 
Th’ Almighty shall establish her, , 
And shall enrol her holy seed: 
Yea, for his people he shall count 
The children of his favor’d mount. 


3 He’ll Sion find with numbers fill’d 
Who celebrate his matchless praise ; 
Who, here in hallelujah’s skill’d, 
In heaven their harps and hymns shall raise, : 
O Sion, Seat of Israel’s King, 
Be mine to drink thy living spring! 


SELECTION 67. L.M. 
From the Ixxxviil. Psalm of David. 


OD of my life, O Lord most high, | 
To thee by day and night I cry; 
Vouchsafe my mournful voice to hear, 
To my distress incline thine ear. 


2 Like those whose strength and hopes are fled, 
They number me among the dead ; 

Like those who, shrouded in the grave, 

For thee no more remembrance have. 


3 Wilt thou by miracle revive 

The dead, whom thou forsook’st alive? 
Shall the mute grave thy love confess, 
A mouldering tomb thy faithfulness ? 


4 To thee, O Lord, I ery forlorn, 
My prayer prevents the early morn: 
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Why hast thou, Lord, my soul forsook, 
Nor once vouchsafed a gracious look ? 


5 Companions dear, and friends beloved, 
Far from my sight thou hast removed: 
God of my life O Lord most high, 
Vouchsafe to hear my mournful cry! 


SELECTION 68. L. M. 
From the Ixxxix. Psalm of David. 


HY mercies, Lord, shall be my song, 
My song on them shall ever dwell ; 
To angels yet unborn, my tongue 
Thy never-failing truth shall tell. 


2 I have affirm’d, and still maintain, 
Thy mercy shall for ever last ; 

Thy truth that does the heavens sustain, 
Like them shall stand for ever fast. 


3 Thus spak’st thou by thy prophet’s voice * 
“With David I a league have made ; 

To him, my servant and my choice, 
By solemn oath this grant convey’d: 


4 “While earth, and seas, and skies endure, 
Thy seed shall in my sight remain; 

To them thy throne I will ensure, . 
They shall to endless ages reign.” 


5 For such stupendous truth and love, 
Both heaven and earth just praises owe, 
By choir of angels sung above, 
And by assembled saints below. 


6 What seraph of celestial birth 

To vie with Israel’s God shall dare ? 
Or who among the gods of earth 

With our almighty Lord compare ? 


7 With reverence and religious dread, 
His saints should to his temple press; 
His fear through all their hearts should spread, 
Who his almighty Name confess. 
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8 Lord God of armies, who can boast 

Of strength or power like thine renowned ? 
Of such a numerous, faithful host, 

As that which does thy throne surround ? 


9 Thou dost the lawless sea control, 
And change the prospect of the deep; 

Thou mak’st the sleeping billows roll; 
Thou mak’st the rolling billows sleep. 


10 In thee the sovereign right remains 

Of earth, and heaven; thee, Lord, alone, 
The world, and all that it contains, 

Their Maker and Preserver own. 


11 Thine arm is mighty, strong thy hand, 
Yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign 5 
Possess’d of absolute command, 
Thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 


12 Happy, thrice happy they, who hear 
Thy sacred trumpet’s joyful sound ; 

Who may at festivals appear, 
With thy most glorious presence crown’d. 


13 Thy saints shall always be o’erjoy’d, 
Who on thy sacred name rely ; 

And, in thy righteousness employ’d, 
Above their foes be raised on high. 


14 For in thy strength they shall advance, 
Whose conquests from thy favor spring: 
The lord of hosts is our defence, 
And Israel’s God our Israel’s King. 


SELECTION 69. 
From the xc. Psalm of David. 


PARTI. C.M. 


LORD, the Saviour and defence 
Of us thy chosen race. 
From age to age thou still hast been 
Our sure abiding place. 
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2 Before thou brought’st the mountains forth, 
Or th’ earth and world didst frame, 

Thou always wast the mighty God, 
And ever art the same. 


3 Thou turnest man, O Lord to dust 
Of which he first was made ; 

And when thou speak’st the word, ‘ Return,’ 
Tis instantly obey’d. 


4 For in thy sight a thousand years 
Are like a day that’s past: 

Or like a watch in dead of night, 
Whose hours unminded waste. 


5 Thou sweep’st us off as with a flood, 
We vanish hence like dreams— 

At first we grow like grass that feels 
The sun’s reviving beams ; 


6 But howsoever fresh and fair 
Its morning beauty shows, 

’Tis all cut down, and wither’d quite, 
Before the evening close. 


7 We by thine anger are consumed, 
And by thy wrath dismay’d; 

Our public crimes and secret sins 
Before thy sight are laid. 


8 Beneath thine anget’s sad effects 
Our drooping days we spend ; 

Our unregarded years break off, 
Like tales that quickly end. 


9 Our term of time is seventy years, 
An age that few survive: 

But if, with more than common strength, 
To eighty we arrive— 


10 Yet then our boasted strength decays 
To sorrow turn’d and pain: 

So soon the slender thread is cut, 
And we no more remain. 


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PART II. C.M. 


1 BUT who thine anger’s dread effects 
Does, as he ought; revere ? 

And yet thy wrath does fall or rise, 
As more or less we fear. 


2 So teach us, Lord, th’ uncertain sum 
Of our short days to mind, 

That to true wisdom all our hearts 
May ever be inclined. 


3 O to thy servants, Lord, return, 
And speedily relent: 

As we of our misdeeds, do thou 
Of our just doom repent. 


4 To satisfy and cheer our souls, 
Thy early mercy send ; 

That we may all our days to come 
In joy and comfort spend. 


5 To all thy servants, Lord, let this 
Thy wondrous work be known; 

And to our offspring yet unborn, 
Thy glorious power be shown. 


6 Let thy bright rays upon us shine, 
Give thou our work success , 

The glorious work we have in hand | 
Do thou vouchsafe to bless. 


SELECTION 70. 
From the xci. Psalm of David. 
PARTS Toe dle. 


E that has God his guardian made, 
Shall under the Almighty’s shade 
Secure and undisturb’d abide : 
Thus to my soul of him [’ll say, 
He is my fortress and my stay, 
_ My God, in whom I will confide. 


2 His tender love and watchful care 
Shall free thee from the fowler’s snare, 
And from the noisome pestilence ; 

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He over thee his wings shall spread, 
And cover thy unguarded head ; 
-His truth shall be thy strong defence. 


3 No terrors that surprise by night 
Shall thy undaunted courage fright, 
Nor deadly shafts that fly by day ; 
Nor plague of unknown rise, that kills 
In darkness, nor infectious ills 
That in the bumming noon-tide slay. 


4 Because, with well-placed confidence, 
Thou mak’st the Lord thy sure defence, 
Thy refuge, even God most high ; 
Therefore no ill on thee shall come, 
Nor to thy heaven-protected home 
Shall overwhelming plagues draw nigh. 


PART If. (IIT. 33. 


1 God shall charge his angel legions 
Watch and ward o’er thee to keep ; 
Tho’ thou walk through hostile regions 

Tho’ in desert wilds thou sleep. 


2 On the lion vainly roaring, 

On his young, thy foot shall tread ; 
And, the dragon’s den exploring, 

Thou shalt bruise the serpent’s head. 


3 Since, with pure and firm affection, 
Thou on God hast set thy love, 
With the wings of his protection 
He will shield thee from above. 


4 Thou shalt call on him in trouble, 
He will hearken, he will save; 

Here for grief reward thee double, 
Crown with life beyond the grave. 


SELECTION 71. C. M. 


From the xcii. Psalm of David. 


UE fe good and pleasant must it be 
To thank the Lord most high ; 
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And with repeated hymns of praise 
His Name to magnify ! 


2 With every morning’s early dawn 
His goodness to relate ; 

And of his constant truth, each night, 
The glad effects repeat ! 


3 To ten-string’d instruments we’ll sing, 
With tuneful psalteries join’d ; 

And to the harp with solemn sounds, 
For sacred use design’d. 


4 For thro’ thy wondrous works, O Lord, 
Thou mak’st my heart rejoice ; 

The thoughts of them shall make me glad, 
And shout with cheerful voice. 


5 How wondrous are thy works, O Lord! 
How deep are thy decrees ! 

Whose winding tracts, in secret laid, 
No careless sinner sees. 


6 He little thinks, when wicked men, 
Like grass, look fresh and gay, 

How soon their short-liv’d splendor must 
For ever pass away. 


7 But thou, my God, art still most high ; 
And all thy lofty foes, 

Who thought they might securely sin, 
Shall be o’erwhelm’d with woes. 


8 But righteous men, like rising palms, 
Shall grow and flourish still ; 

Thy flock shall spread, like cedars choice, 
On Lebanon’s high hill. 


9 These, planted in the house of God, 
Within his courts shall thrive ; 

Their vigor and their lustre both 
Shall in old age revive. 


10 Thus will the Lord his justice show; 
And God, my strong defence, 
Shall due rewards to all the world 
Impartially dispense. 
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SELECTION 72. L. M. 


From the exili. Psalm of David. 


\ \ TITH glory clad, with strength array’d, . 
The Lord that o’er all nature reigns, 
The world’s foundation strongly laid, 
And the vast fabric still sustains. 


2 How surely stablish’d is thy throne ! 
Which shall no change or period see ; 
For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, 
Art God from all eternity. 


3 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, 
And toss the troubled waves on high ; 
But God above can still their noise, 
And make the angry sea comply. 


4 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure, 

And they that in thy house would dwell, 
That happy station to secure, 

Must still in holiness excel. 


SELECTION 73. 
From the xciv. Psalm of David. 
PARTI. C.M. 


AY ye, the Lord shall not regard, 
Shall not your sins discern ? 
Take heed, ye foolish and unwise ; 

When will ye wisdom learn ? 


2 Can He be deaf who form’d the ear, 
Or blind who fram’d the eye ? 

Shall earth’s great Judge not punish those 
Who his known will defy ? 


3 He fathoms all the hearts of men, 
To him their thoughts lie bare ; 
His eye surveys them all, and sees 

How vain their counsels are. 


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PART II. C.M. 


1 BLESS’D is the man, whom thou, O Lord, 


In kindness dost chastise, 
And by thy sacred rules to walk 
Dost lovingly advise. 


2 This man shall rest and safety find 
In seasons of distress ; 

Whilst God prepares a pit for those 
That stubbornly transgress. 


3 For God will never from his saints 
His favor wholly take ; 

His own possession and his lot 
He will not quite forsake. 


4 The world shall yet confess thee just 
In all that thou hast done; 

And those that choose thy upright ways 
Shall in those paths go on. 


5 Long since had I in silence slept, 
But that the Lord was near, 

To stay me when I slipp’d; when sad, 
My troubled heart to cheer. 


6 My soul’s defence is firmly placed 
In God, the Lord most high: 

He is my rock, to which I may 
For refuge always fly. 


SELECTION 74. L. M. 
From the xcv. Psalm of David. 


COME, loud anthems let us sing, 

Loud thanks to our Almighty King ; 
For we our voices high shall raise, 
When our salvation’s rock we praise. 


2 Into his presence let us haste, 

To thank him for his favors past ; 

To him address, in joyful songs, 

The praise that to his Name belongs: 
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3 For God the Lord, enthroned in state, 
Ts with unrivall’d glory great ; 

A King superior far éo all 

Whom gods the heathen falsely call. 


4 The depths of earth are in his hand, 
Her secret wealth at his command} 

The strength of hills that reach the skies 
Subjected to his empire lies. 


5 The rolling ocean’s vast abyss 

By the same sovereign right is his; 
’Twas made by his almighty hand, 
That form’d and fix’d the solid land. 


6 O let us to his courts repair, 
And bow with adoration there ; 
Down on our knees devoutly all 
Before the Lord. our Maker, fall. 


7 For he’s our God, our Shepherd he, 
His flock and pasture-sheep are we: 
O then, ye faithful flock, to-day 


His warning hear, his voice obey. 


SELECTION 75. II. 8. 
From the xevi. Psalm of David. 


ING to the Lord a new-made song ; 
}\) Let earth in one assembled throng, 

Her common Patron’s praise resound : 
Sing to the Lord, and bless his Name, 
From day to day his praise proclaim, 

Who us has with salvation crown’d: 
To heathen lands his fame rehearse, 
His wonders to the universe. 


2 He’s great, and greatly to be praised ; 
In majesty and glory raised 
Above ali other deities ; 
For pageantry and idols all 
Are they whom gods the heathen call; 
He only rules who made the skies: 
With majesty and honor crown’d, 
Glory and strength his throne surround. 
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3 Be glory then to him restored 

By all who have false gods adored : 
Ascribe due honor to his Name, 

Peace-offerings on his altar lay, 

Before his throne your homage pay, 
Which he, and he alone, can claim: 

To worship at his sacred court, 

Let all the trembling world resort. 


4 Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns, 

Whose power the universe sustains, 
And banish’d justice will restore : 

Let therefore heaven new joys confess, 

And heavenly mirth let earth express, 
Its loud applause the ocean roar, 

Its mute inhabitants rejoice, 

And for this triumph find a voice. 


5 For joy let fertile valleys sing, 

The cheerful groves their tribute bring, 
And tuneful harmonies awake: 

Behold! in truth and justice clad, 

God comes to judge the world he made, 
And to himself his throne to take: 

He’s come, to judge the world he’s come, 

With justice to reward and doom. 


SELECTION, 76..° Lo M. 
From the xevii. Psalm of David. 


Ses reigns, let all the earth 

In his just government rejoice ; 

Let all the lands, with sacred mirth, 
In his applause unite their voice. 


2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade 
His dazzling glory shroud in state ; 
Judgement and righteousness are made 

The habitation of his seat 


3 For thou, O God, art seated high, 
Above earth’s potentates enthron’d ; 
Thou, Lord, unrivall’d in the sky, 
Supreme by all the gods art own’d. 
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4 Ye who to serve this Lord aspire, 
Abhor what’s ill, and truth esteem ; 
He’ll keep his servants’ souls entire, 
And them from wicked hands redeem. 


5 For seeds are sown of glorious light, 
A. future harvest for the just ; 

And gladness for the heart that’s right, 
To recompense its pious trust. 


6 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord ; 
Memorials of his holiness 

Deep in your faithful breasts record, 
And with your thankful tongues confess. 


SELECTION 77. C.M. 
From the xevii. Psalm of David. 


ING to the Lord a new-made song, 
J Who wondrous things has done ; 
With his right hand and holy arm, 
The conquest he has won. 


2 The Lord has thro’ th’ astonish’d world 
Display’d his saving might, 

And made his righteous acts appear 
In all the heathen’s sight. 


3 Of Israel’s house his love and truth 
Have ever mindful been ; 

Wide earth’s remotest parts the power 
Of Israel’s God have seen. 


4 Let therefore earth’s inhabitants 
Their cheerful voices raise, 

And all with universal } joy 
Resound their Makev’s praise. 


5 With harp and hymn’s soft melody, 
Into the concert bring 

The trumpet and shrill “comet?s sound, 
Before th’ Almighty King. 


6 Let the loud ocean roar her joy, 
With all that seas contain ; 
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The earth and her inhabitants 
Join concert with the main. 


7 Let floods and torrents clap their hands, 
With joy their homage pay, 

Let echoing vales from hill to hill, 
Redoubled shouts convey: 


8 To welcome down the world’s great Judge, 
Who does with justice come, 

And with impartial equity, 
Both to reward and doom. 


SELECTION 78. C. M. 
From the xcix. Psalm of David. 


EHOVAH reigns; let therefore all 
The guilty nations quake ; 
On cherub’s wings he sits enthroned ; 
Let earth’s foundations shake. 


2 On Sion’s hill he keeps his court, 
His palace makes her towers, 

And thence his sovereignty extends 
Supreme o’er earthly powers. 


3 Let therefore all with praise address 
His great and dreadful name; 

And with his unresisted might 
His holiness proclaim. 


4 For truth and justice, in his reign, 
Of strength and power take place ; 
His judgments are with righteousness 

Dispensed to Jacob’s race. 


5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God, 
Before his footstool fall ; 

And witi his unresisted might 
His holiness extol. 


6 With worship at his sacred courts 
Exalt our God and Lord ;. 
For he, who only holy is, 
Alone should be adored. - 
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SELECTION 79. L. M. 
From the c. Psalm of David. 


ITH one consent let all the earth 
To God their cheerful voices raise ; 
Glad homage pay with awful mirth, 
And sing before him songs of praise. 


2 Convinced that he is God alone, 

From whom both we and all proceed ; 
We whom he chooses for his own, 

The flock that he vouchsafes to feed. 


3 O enter then this temple gate, 
Thence to his courts devoutly press ; 

And still your grateful-hymns repeat, 
And still his name with praises bless. 


‘4 For he’s the Lord, supremely good, 
His mercy is for ever sure ; 

His truth, which always firmly stood, 
To enaless ages shall endure. 


SELECTION 80. 
From the cii. Psalm of David, 


PART I. Cc. M. 


\{ \ THEN I pour out my soul in prayer, 
Do thou O Lord attend ; 


To thy eternal throne of grace 
Let my sad cry ascend. 


2 O hide not thou thy glorious face 
In times of deep distress ; 

Incline thine ear, and when I call, 
My sorrows soon redress. 


3 My days, just hastening to their end, 
Are like an evening shade; 

My beauty does like wither’d grass, 
With waning lustre fade. 


4 But thine eternal state, O Lord, 
No length of time shail waste ; 
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The memory of thy wondrous works 
From age to age shall last. 


PART II. Cc. Me 


1 GOD shall arise, and Sion view 
With an unclouded face : 

For now her time is come, his own 
Appointed day of grace. 


2 The Name and glory of the Lord 
All heathen kings shall fear, 

When he shall Sion build again, 
And in full state appear. 


3 For God, from his abode on high, 
His gracions beams display’d ; 

The Lord from heaven, his lofty throne, 
Hath all the earth survey’d. 


4 That they, in Sion, where he dwells, 
Might celebrate his fame, 

And through the holy city sing 
Loud praises to his Name. 


PART III. C. M. 


1 The strong foundations of the earth 
Of old by thee were laid ; . 
Thy hands, O Lord, the arch of heaven 

With wondrous skill have made. 


2 Whilst thou forever shalt endure, 
They soon shall pass away ; 

And, like a garment often worn, 
Shall tarnish and decay. 


3 Like that, when thou ordain’st their change, 
To thy command they bend ; 

But thou continuest still the same, 
Nor have thy years an end. © 


4 Thou to the children of thy saints 
Shalt lasting quiet give; 
Whose happy race, securely fix’d, 
Shall in thy presence live. 
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SELECTION 81. L. M. 
From the citi. Psalm of David. 


M* soul inspired with sacred love, 
God’s holy Name for ever bless ; 
Of all his favors mindful prove 

And still thy grateful thanks express. 


2 ’Tis he that all thy sins forgives, 

And after sickness makes thee sound ; 
From danger he thy life retrieves, 

By him with grace and mercy crown’d. 


3 He with good things thy mouth supplies, 
Thy vigor eagle-like restores ; 

. He to the sufferer promptly flies, 

Who, wrong’d, his righteous help implores. 


4 The Lord abounds with tender love, 
And unexampled acts of grace; 
His waken’d wrath doth slowly move 

His willing mercy flies apace. 


5 God will not always harshly chide, 
But with his anger quickly part; 

And loves his punishments to guide 
More by his love than our desert. 


6 As high as heaven its arch extends 
Above this little spot of clay, 

So much his boundless love transcends 
The small respects that we can pay. 


7 As far as ’tis from east to west, 
So far has he our sins removed ; 
Who, with a father’s tender breast, 
Has such as fear him always lov’d. 


8 For God, who all our frame surveys, 
Considers that we are but clay ; 

How fresh soe’er we seem, our days 
Like grass or flowers must fade away. 


9 Whilst they are nipp’d with sudden blasts, a 4 
Nor can we find their former place, rr " 
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God’s faithful mercy ever lasts 
To those that fear him and their race. 


10 This shall attend on suchas still © 
Proceed in his appointed way ; 
And who not only know his will 
But to it just obedience pay. 


11 The Lord, the universal King, 
In heaven has fix’d his lofty throne: 
To hin, ye angels, praises sing, 
In whose great strength his power is shown. 


12 Ye that his just commands obey, 
And hear and do his sacred will, 

Ye hosts of his, this tribute pay, 
Who still what he ordains fulfil. 


13 Let every creature jointly bless 
The mighty Lord ; and thou my heart, 
With grateful joy thy thanks express, 
And in this concert bear thy part. 


SELECTION 82. §S. M. 
From the ciii. Psalm of David. 


BLESS the Lord, my soul, 
His grace to thee proclaim; 
And all that is within me, join 
To bless his holy Name. 


2 O bless the Lord, my soul. 
His mercies bear in mind; 

Forget not all his benefits, 
Who is to thee so kind. 


3 He pardons all thy sins, 
Prolongs thy feeble breath ; 

He healeth thine infirmities 
And ransoms thee from déath. 


4 He feeds thee with his love, 
_ Upholds thee with his truth , 
And, like the eagle’s he renews 
The vigor of thy youth. 
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5 Then bless the Lord, my soul, 
His grace, his love proclaim ; 

Let all that is within me, join 
To bless his holy Name. 


SELECTION 83. 


From the civ. Psalm of David. 


A) 


PARTI. L. M. 
LESS God, my soul; thou, Lord, alone 


Possesssest empire without bounds, 
With honor thou art crown’d, thy throne 
Eternal majesty surrounds. 


2 With light thou dost thyself enrobe, 
And glory for a garment take ; 

Heav’n’s curtains stretch beyond the globe, 
Thy canopy of state to make. | 


3 God builds on liquid air, and forms 
His palace-chambers in the skies ; 
The clouds his chariots are, and stornis 
The swift-wing’d steeds with which he flies. 


4 As bright as flame, as swift as wind, 
His ministers heaven’s palace fill ; 

They have their sundry tasks assign’d, 
All prompt to do their sovereign’s will. 


5 In praising God while he prolongs 

My breath, I will that breath employ ; 
And join devotion to my songs, 

Sincere, as in him is my joy. 


PART II. L. M. 


1 HOW various Lord. thy works are found, - 
For which thy wisdom we adore! 

The earth is with thy treasure crown’d, 
’Till nature’s hands can grasp no more. 


2 All creatures, both of sea and land, 
In sense of common want agree ; 


All wait on thy dispensing hand, rie? 
And have their daily alms from thee. a ¥v ‘ 
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3 They gather what thy stores disperse, 
Without their trouble to provide ; 
Thou op’st thy hand, the universe, 
The craving world, is all supplied. 


4 'Thou for a moment hidst thy tace, 
The num’rous ranks of creatures mourn 5 
Thou tak’st their breath, all nature’s race 
Decay, and to their dust return. 


5 Again thou send’st thy Spirit forth, 
Inspiring vital energies ; . 
Nature’s restored; replenish’d earth, 

Joyous, her new creation sees. 


6 Thus through successive ages stands 
Firm fix’d thy providential care ; 

Pleased with the work of thine own hands, 
Thou dost the wastes of time repair. 


SELECTION 84. II. 3. 
< From the civ. Psalm of David. 


OW manifold thy works, O Lord, 
In wisdom, power, and goodness wrought! 
The earth is with thy riches stored, 
And ocean with thy wonders fraught : 
Unfathom’d caves beneath the deep 
For thee their hidden treasures keep. 


2 By thee alone the living live— 
Hide but thy face, their comforts fly ; 
They gather what thy seasons give— 
Take thou away their breath, they die ; 
But send again thy Spirit forth, 
And life renews the gladden’d earth. 


3 Joy in his works Jehovah takes, 
Yet to destruction they return; 
He looks upon the earth, it quakes— 
Touches the mountains, and they burn: 
But God ee is the same ; 
Glory to his eternal Name! 


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SELECTION 85. C. M. 
From the cy. Psalm of David. 


RENDER thanks and bless the Lord, 
Invoke his sacred Name ; 
Acquaint the nations with his deeds, 
His matchless deeds proclaim. 


2 Sing to his praise in lofty hymns, 
His wondrous works rehearse ; 

Make them the theme of your discourse, 
And subject of your verse. 


3 Rejoice in his almighty Name, 
Alone to be adored ; 

And let their hearts o’erflow with joy, 
That humbly seek the Lord. 


4 Seek ye the Lord, his saving strength 
Devoutly still implore ; 

And, where he’s ever present, seek 
His face for evermore. 


5 The wonders that his hands have wrought 
Keep thankfully in mind ; 

The righteous statutes of his mouth, 
And laws to us assign’d. 


SELECTION 86. L. M. 
From the cvi. Psalm of David. 


RENDER thanks to God above 
The fountain of eternal love ; 
Whose mercy firm through ages past 

Has stood, and shall for ever last. 


- 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, 
Not only vast, but numberless ? 
What mortal eloquence can raise 
His tribute of immortal praise ? 


3 Happy are they, and only they, 
Who from thy judgmeets never stray; 
Who know what’s right ; nor only so, . | as 
But always practise what they know. te 
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4 Extend to me that favor, Lord, 
Thou to thy chosen dost afford ; 
When thou return’st to set them free 
Let thy salvation visit me. 


5 O may I worthy prove to see ’ 
Thy saints in full prosperity ! w 
That I the joyful choir may join, 

And count thy people’s triumph mine! 


6 Let Israel’s God be ever bless’d, 

His Name eternally confess’d ; 

Let all his saints, with full accord, 

Sing loud Amens—Praise ye the Lord! 


SELECTION 87. 
From the evil. Psalm of David. 


PART J. n0¥b be 


AGNIFY Jehovah’s Name ; 
For his mercies ever sure, 
From eternity the same, 
To eternity endure. 


2 Let his ransom/’d flock rejoice, 
Gather’d out of every land, 

As the people of his choice, 
Pluck’d from the destroyer’ S aa! 


3 In the wilderness astray, 

In the lonely waste they roam, 
Hungry, fainting by the way, 

Far from refuge, shelter, home— 


4 To the Lord their God they cry ; 
He inclines a gracious ear, 

Sends deliverance from on high, 
Rescues them from all their fear: 


5 Them to pleasant lands he brings, 
Where the vine and olive grow ; 
Where, from verdant hills, the springs 
Through luxuriant valleys flow. 
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6 O that men would praise the Lord, 
For his goodness to their race ; 

For the wonders of his word, 

_ And the riches of his grace ! 


alae 
Fad PART II. C.M. 
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1 THY wondrous power, Almighty Lord, 
That rules the boisterous sea, 

The bold adventurers record, : 
Who tempt that dangerous way. 


2 At thy command the winds arise, 
And swell the towering waves; 

While they astonish’d mount the skies, A 
And sink in gaping graves. 3 


3 Dismay’d they climb the watery hills 
Dismay’d they plunge again ; 

Each hke a tottering drunkard reels, 
And finds his courage vain. 


4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, 
He hears their loud request, 

He calms the fierce tempestuous skies, 
And lays the floods to rest, 


5 Rejoicing they forget their fears, 
They see the storm allay’d: 
The wish’d-for haven now appears ; 
There, let their vows be paid! _~ , 
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6 O that the sons of men would praise 
The goodness of the Lord ! 

And those who see his wondrous ways, 
His wondrous love record! 


SELECTION 88. C. M. 
From the cviii. Psalm of David. 
GOD, my heart is fully bent 
To magnify thy Name; 
My tongue with cheerful songs of praise 
Shall celebrate thy fame. 
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2 Awake, my lute; nor thou, my harp, 
Thy warbling notes delay ; 

Whilst I with early hymns of joy 
Prevent the dawning day. 4 


3 To all the listening tribes, O Lord, © 
Thy wonders I will tell, ot 

And to those nations sing thy praise 
That round about us dwell ; 


4 Because thy mercy’s boundless height 
T he highest heaven transcends, 
And far beyond th’ | clouds 
Thy faithful truth extends. 


5 Be thou, O God, exalted high 
Above the starry frame ; Fa.’ 

And let the world with one consent, 
Confess thy glorious Name. 


SELECTION 89. II. 2. 
From the cx. Psalm of David. 


Abe Lorp unto my Lord thus spake: 
“Till I thy foes thy footstool make, 
Sit thou in state at my right hand: 

Supreme in Sion thou shalt be, 
And all thy proud oppressors see 
Subjected to thy just command. 


2 “Thee, in thy power’s triumphant day, 
The willing people shall obey ; 

And, when thy rising beams they view, 
Shall all, (redeem’d from error’s night, ) 
Appear more numerous and bright 

Than crystal drops of morning dew.” 


3 The Lord hath sworn, nor sworn in vain, 
That like Melchisedech’s they reign 
And priesthood shail no period see: 
Anointed Prince! thou, bending low, 
Shalt drink where darkest torrents flow, 
Then raise thy head in victory ! 
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SELECTION 90. L. M. 


From the cxi. Psalm of David. 


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JRAISE ye the Lord! our God to praise 
My soul her utmost power shall raise ; 
With private friends, and in the throng 
Of saints, his praise shall be my song. 


2 His works, for greatness tho’ renown’d 
His wondrous works with ease are found 
By those who seek for them aright, 

And ‘in the pious ‘search delight. 


3 His works are all of matchless fame, 
And universal glory claim 5 
His truth, confirm’d through 2 ages past, 
Shall to eterual ages last. mes 


4 By precepts he hath us enjoin’d 

To keep his wondrous works in mind ; 
And to posterity record 

That good and gracious is our Lord. 


5 His bounty, like a flowing tide, 
Has all his servants’ wants “supplied ; 
And he will ever keep in mind 

His covenant with our fathers sign’d. 


6 Just are the dealings of his hands, 
Immutable are his commands, 

By truth and equity sustain’d, 

And for eternal rules ordain’d. 


7 He set his saints from bondage free, 
And then establish’d his decree, 

For ever to remain the same: 

Holy and reverend is his Name. 


8 Who wisdom’s sacred prize would win, 
Must with the fear of God begin: 
Immortal praise and heavenly skill 

Have they who know and do thy will. 


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SELECTION 91. L. M. 
From the exii. Psalm of David. 


HAT man is bless’d who stands in awe 
Of God, and loves his sacred law ; 
His seed on earth shall be renown’d 
And with successive honors crown’d. 


2 The soul that’s fill’d with virtue’s light, 
* Shines brightest in affiiction’s night ; 
. To pity the distress’d inclin’d, 
As well as just to all mankind. 


3 His liberal favors he extends, 
To some he gives, to others lends ; 
Yet what his charity impairs, 

He saves by prudence in affairs. 


4 Beset with threatening dangers round, 
Unmoved shall he maintain his ground 5 
The sweet remembrance of the just 
Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust. 


SELECTION 92. II. 2. 
From the exiil. Psalm of David. 


7 E saints and servants of the Lord, 
The triumphs of his Name record ; 
His sacred Name forever bless: 
Where’er the circiing sun.displays 
His rising beams or setting rays, 
Due praise to his great Name address. 


2 God through the world extends his sway; 
The region of eterrai day 
But shadows of his glory are ; 
With him whose majesty excels, 
Who made the heaven in which he dwells, 
Let no created power compare. 


3 Though ’tis beneath his state to view 
In highest heaven what angels do, 

Yet he to earth vouchshafes his care, 
He takes the needy from his cell 
Advancing him in courts to dwell, 

Companion to the greatest there. 

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SELECTION 93. C. M. 
From the exv. Psalm of David. 


ORD, not to us, we claim no share, 
But to thy sacred Name 
Give glory, for thy mercy’s sake, 
And truth’s eternal fame. 


2 Why should the heathen cry, ‘‘ Where’s now 
The God whom ye adore 2” A 

Convince them that in heaven thou art, 7 
And uncontroll’d thy power. 


3 O Israel make the Lord your trust, 
Who is your help and shield , 

Priests, Levites, trust in him alone, 
Who only help can yield. 


4 Let all who truly fear the Lord, 
On him their fear rely ; 

Who them in danger can defend, 
And all their wants supply. 


5 Of us he oft has mindful been, 
And Israel’s house will bless; 
Priests, Levites, proselytes, e’en all 
Who his great Name confess. 


6 On you, and on your heirs, he will 
Increase of blessings bring ; 

Thrice happy you, who favorites are 
Of this almighty King! 


7 Heaven’s highest orb of glory he 
His empire’s seat designed ; 

And gave this lower globe of earth 
A portion to mankind. 


8 They who in death and silence sleep, 
To him no praise afford ; 

But we will bless for evermore 
Our everliving Lord. 


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SELECTION 94. C.M. 


From the exvi. Psalm of David. 


Y soul with grateful thoughts of love 
Entirely is possess’d, 
Because the Lord vouchsafed to hear 
The voice of my request. 


2 Since he has now his ear inclined, 
I never will despair ; 

But still in all the straits of life 
To him address my prayer. 


3 With deadly sorrows compass’d round, 
With pains of hell oppress’d, 

When troubles seized my aching heart, 
And anguish racked my breast,— 


4 On God’s almighty Name I call’d, 
And thus to him I prayed ; 

“ Lord, I beseech thee save my soul, 
With sorrows quite dismay’d.”? 


5 How just and merciful is God, 
How gracious is the Lord ; 

Who saves the harmless, and to me 
Does timely help afford. 


6 Then, free from pensive cares, my soul, 
Resume thy wonted rest ; 

For God has wondrously to: ‘thee 
His bounteous love express’d. 


7 When death alarm’d me, he removed 
My dangers and my fears: 

My teet from falling he secured, 
And dried my eyes from tears. 


8 Therefore my life’s remaining years, 
Which God to me shall lend, 

Will I, in praises to his Name, 
And in his service, spend. 


9 In God I trusted, and of him 
Did boast in oreatest fear ; 
Though in my trouble I exclaim/’d, 
All men are insincere. 
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10 O what return to God shall I 
For all his goodness make ? 

I’ll praise his Name, and with glad zeal 
The cup of blessing take. 


11 I'll pay my vows among his saints, 
Whose blood (howe’er despised 

By wicked men) in God’s account 
Is always highly prized. 


12 To thee I’ll offerings bring of praise; 
And while I bless thy Name, 

The just performance of my vows 
To all thy saints proclaim. 


13 They in Jerusalem shall meet, 
And in thy house shall join 

To bless thy Name with one consent, 
And mix their songs with mine. 


SELECTION 95. C. M. 
From the cxvil. Psalm of David. 


ITH cheerful notes let all the earth 
To heaven their voices raise ; 
Let all, inspired with godly mirth, 
Sing solemn hymns of praise. 


2 God’s tender mercy knows no bound, 
His truth shall ne’er decay: 

Then let the willing nations round 
Their grateful tribute pay. 


SELECTION 96. C. M. 
From the exviii. Psalm of David. 


PRAISE the Lord, for he is good, 
His mercies ne’er decay ; 

. That his kind favors ever last, 

Let thankful Israel say. 


2 Their sense of his eternal love 
Let Aaron’s house express 5 
And that it never fails, let all 
That fear the Lord confess. 
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3 Far better ’tis to trust in God, 
And have the Lord our friend, 
Than on the greatest human power 

For safety to depend. 


4 The Lord has been my help; the praise 
To him alone belongs; 

He is my Saviour and my strength, 
He only claims my songs. 


5 Joy fills the dwelling of the just, 
Whom God has saved from harm ; 

For wondrous things are brought to pass 
By his almighty arm. 


6 He, by his own resistless power 
Has endless honour won; 

The saving strength of his right hand 
Amazing works has done. 


7 God will not suffer me to fall, 
But still prolongs my days; 
That, by declaring all his works, 

I may advance his praise. 


8 When God had sorely me chastised, 
Till quite of hopes bereaved, 
His mercy from the gates of death 
_ My fainting life reprieved. 


9 Then open wide the temple gates 
To which the just repair, 

That I may enter in, and praise 
My great Deliverer there. 


10 Within those gates of God’s abode 
To which the righteous press, 

Since thou hast heard, and set me safe, 
Thy holy Name ’ll bless. 


11 That which the builders once refused 
Is now the corner-stone: 

This is the wondrous work of God, 
The work of God alone. 


12 This day is God’s; let all the land 
_ Exalt their cheerful voice: 
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‘Lora, we beseech thee, save us now, 
And make us still rejoice.’ 


13 Him that approaches in God’s name 
Let all th’ assembly bless ; 

“We that belong to God’s own house 
Have wished you good success.”’ 


14 God is the Lord, through whom we all 
Both light and Comfort find ; 

Fast to the altar’s horns with cords 
The chosen victim bind. 


15 Thou art my Lord, O God, and still 
1’]l praise thy holy Name ; 

Because thou only art my God, 
ll celebrate thy fame. 


16 O then with me give thanks to God 
Who still does gracious prove 

And let the tribute of our praise 
Be endless as his love. 


SELECTION 97. 
From the cxix. Psalm-of David. 
PART. I. ALEPH. C. M. 


OW biess’d are they who always keep 
The pure and perfect way; ; . 
Who never from the sacred paths 
Of God’s commandments stray ! 


2 How bless’d, who to his righteous laws 
Have still obedient been 

And have, with fervent humble zeal, 
His favor sought to win! 


3 Such men their utmost caution use 
To shun each wicked deed; 

But in the path which he directs 
With constant care proceed. 


A Thou strictly hast enjoin’d us, Lord, 
To learn thy sacred will; 
And all our diligence employ 
pt PY statutes to fulfil. 
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5 O then that thy most holy will 
Might o’er my ways preside ; 

And I the course of all oe life 
By thy direction guide ! 


6 Then with assurance should I walk, 
From all confusion free ; 

Convinced, with joy, that all my ways 
With thy commands agree. 


7 My upright heart shall my glad mouth 
With cheerful praises fill, 

When, by thy righteous judgments taught, 
I shall have learned thy will. 


8 So to thy sacred laws shall I 
Entire observance pay : 

O then forsake me not, my God, 
Nor cast me quite away ! 


PART II. BETH. C.°M. 


1 HOW shall the young preserve their ways 
From all pollution free? 

By making still their course of life 
With thy commands agree. — 


2 With hearty zeal for thee I seek, 
_. To thee for succor pray ; 
O suffer not my careless steps 

’ From thy right paths to stray! 


3 Safe m my heart, and closely hid, 
Thy word, my treasure, lies, 

To succor me with timely aid 
When sinful thoughts arise. 


4 Secured by that, my grateful soul 
Shall ever bless thy Name ; 

O teach me then by thy just laws 
My future life to frame! 


5 My lips, unlock’d by pious zeal, 
To others have declared 
How well the judgments of thy mouth 
Deserve our best regard. 
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6 Whilst in the way of thy commands 
More solid joy I found, 

Than had I been with vast mcrease 
Of envied riches crown’d. 


7 Therefore thy just and upright laws 
Shall always fill my mind ; 

And those sound rules which thou prescrib‘st, 
Entire respect shall find. 


8 To keep thy statutes undefac’d 
Shall be my constant joy ; 

The strict remembrance of thy word 
Shall all my thoughts employ. 


PART III. GIMEL. C. M. 


1 BE gracious to thy servant, Lord ; 
Do thou my life defend, 

That I according to thy word 
My time to come may spend. 


2 Enlighten both my eyes and mind, 
That so I may discern 

The wondrous things which they behold, 
Who thy just precepts learn. 


3 My fainting soul is almost pined, 
With earnest longing spent, ae 

While always on the eager search 
Of thy just will intent. ’ 


4 Thy sharp rebuke shall crush the proud, 
Whom still thy curse pursues ; 

Since they to walk in thy right ways 
Presumptuously refuse. 


5 But far from me do thou O Lord, 
Contempt and shame refmove; 
For I thy sacred laws affect 
With undissembled love. 


6 For thy commands have always been 
My comfort and delight ; 
By them I learn with prudent care 
To guide my steps aright. 
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~ PART IV. DALETH.” ” @. Me 


1 MY soul, oppress’d with deadly care, 
Close to the dust doth cleave. 
Receive me Lord, and let me now 
Thy promised aid receive. 


2 To thee [ still declared my ways 
And thou inclind’st thy ear ; 

O teach me then my future life 
By thy just laws to steer ! 


3 If thou wilt make me know thy laws, 
And by their guidance walk, 

The wondrous works which thou hast done 
Shall be my constant talk. 


4 But see my soul within me sinks, 
Press’d down with weight and care ; 
Do thou, according to thy word, 
My wasted strength repair. 


5 Far, far from me be all false ways, 
And lying arts removed ; 

But kindly grant I still may keep 
The path by the approved. 


6 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truth, 
My happy choice I’ve made ; 
- Thy judgments, as my rule of life, 
Before me always laid. 


7 My care has been to make my life 
With thy commands agree; 

O then preserve thy servant, Lord, 
From shame and ruin free ! 


8 So in the way of thy commands 
Shall I with pleasure run ; 

And, with a heart enlarged with joy 
Successfully go on. 


PART V. HE. C. M. 


1 INSTRUCT me in thy statutes, Lord, 
Thy righteons paths display ; 
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And I from them, through all my life ; 
Will never go astray. 


2 If thou true wisdom from above 
Wilt graciously impart, 

To keep thy perfect laws I will 
Devote my zealous heart. 


3 Direct me in the sacred ways 
To which thy precepts lead ; 
Because my chief delight has been 
Thy righteous paths to tread. 


4 Do thou to thy most just commands 
Incline my willing heart ; 

Let no desire of worldly wealth 
From thee my thoughts divert. 


5 From those vain objects turn mine eyes 
Which this false world displays ; 

But give me lively power and strength 
To keep thy righteous ways. 


6 Confirm the promise of thy word, 
And give thy servant aid, 

Who to transgress thy sacred laws 
Is awfully afraid. 


7 The censure and reproach I fear, 
In mercy, Lord, remove ; 4 
For all the judgments thou ordain’st ok 
Are full of grace and love. 


8 Thou know’st how after thy commands, 
My longing heart does pant ; 

O then make haste to raise me up, 
And promised succour grant. 


PART VI. VAU. C. M. 


1 THY constant blessing, Lord, bestow, 
To cheer my drooping heart ; 

To me, according to thy word, 
Thy saving health impart. 


2 So shall I, whoso’er upbraids, 
This ready answer make ; 4 
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“In God I trust, who never will 
His faithful promise break.” 


3 Then let not quite the word of truth 
Be from my mouth removed ; 

Since still my ground of steadfast hope 
Thy judgments, Lord, have proved. 


4 So I to keep thy righteous laws 
Will all my study bend ; 

And constantly my time to come 
In their observance spend. 


5 My soul shall gladly walk at large, 
From all oppression free, 

Since I resolved to make my life 
With thy commands agree. 


6 My longing heart and ravish’d soul 
Shall both o’erflow with joy, 
When in thy loved commandments I 


My happy hours employ. 


7 Then will I to thy holy laws 
Lift up my willinghands; — 
My care and business then shall be 
To study thy commands. 


PART VII. ZAIN. C.M. 


1 ACCORDING to thy promised grace, 
Thy favor, Lord, extend ; 

Make good to me the word on which 
Thy servant’s hopes depend. 


2 That only comfort in distress 
Did all my griefs control ; 

Thy word, when troubles hemm/’d me round, 
Revived my fainting soul. 


3 Thy judgments then, of ancient date, 
I quickly eall’d to mind, 

Till ravish’d with such thoughts, my soul 
Did speedy comfort find. 


4 Thy Name, that cheer’d my heart by day 
Has fill’d my thoughts by night: 
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I then resolved by thy just laws 
To guide my steps aright. 


5 That peace of mind, which has my soul 
In deep distress sustain’d, 

By strict obedience to thy will 
I happily obtained. 


PART VIII]. CHETH. C. M. 
1 O LORD, my God, my portion thou 


A sure possession art ; 
Thy words I steadfastly resolve 
To treasure in my heart. 


2 With all the strength of warm desire 
I did thy grace implore ; 

Disclose, according to thy word, 
Thy mercy’s boundless store. 


3 With deep reflection and strict care 
On all my ways I thought; 

And so, reclaim’d to thy just paths, 
My wandering steps [ brought. 


4 Prolonging not the time, my soul 
Resolved without delay 

To watch, that I might never more 
From thy commandments stray. 


5 To suchas fear thy holy Name 
Myself I closely join ; 

To all who their obedient wills 
To thy commands resign. 


6 O’er all the earth thy mercy, Lord, 
Abundantly is shed ; 

O grant that I may truly learn 
Thy sacred paths to tread. 


PART IX. TETH. C.M. 


1 WITH me, thy servant, thou hast dealt 
Most graciously, O Lord ; 
Repeated benefits bestow’d, 
According to thy word. 
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2 Teach me the sacred skill by which 
Right judgment is attain’d, 
Who in belief of thy commands 
Have steadfastly remain’d. vs 
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3 Before affliction stopp’d my course, 
My footsteps went astray ; 

But | have since been disciplined 
Thy precepts to obey. 


4 Thou art, O Lord, supremely good, 
And all thou dost is so; 

On me, thy statutes to discern, 
Thy saving skill bestow. 


5 ’Tis good for me that I have felt 
Affliction’s chastening rod, 
That I may duly learn and keep ~ 

The statutes of my God. 


6 The law that from thy mouth proceeds, 
Of more esteem I hold 

Than richest mines, than thousand mines 
Of silver and of gold. 


PART X.* JOD." "Ca M- 


1 TO me, who am the workmanship 
Of thy almighty hands, 

The heavenly understanding give 
To learn thy just commands. 


2 My preservation to thy saints 
Strong comfort will afford, 

To see success attend my hopes, 
Who trusted in thy word. 


3 That right thy judgments are, I now 
By sure experience see ; 

And that in faithfulness, O Lord, 
Thou hast afflicted me. 


4 O let thy tender mercy now 
Afford me needful aid ; 
According to thy promise, Lord, « 
To me, thy servant, made! x? 
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5 To me thy saving grace restore, 
That I again may live ; 


Whose soul can relish no delight 


But what thy precepts give. 


6 In thy blest statutes let my heart 
Continue always sound ; 

That guilt and shame, the sinner’s lot, 
May never me contound. 


PART XI. CAPH. C. M. 


1 MY soul with long expectance faints 
To see thy saving grace; 

Yet still on thy unerring word 
My confidence I place. 


2 My very eyes consume and fail 
With waiting for thy word ; 

O when wilt thou thy kind relief 
And promised aid afford ? 


3 Thy wonted kindness, Lord, restore, 
My drooping heart to cheer ; 

That by thy righteous statutes ji 
My life’s whole course may steer. 


PART XII. LAMED. C. M. 


1 FOR ever and for ever, Lord, 
Unchanged thou dost remain 

Thy word, establish’d in the heavens, 
Does all their orbs sustain. 


2 Through circling ages, Lord, thy truth 
Immovable shall stand, 

As doth the earth, which thou uphold’st 
By thine almighty hand. 


3 All things the course by thee ordain’d 
E’en to this day fulfil ; 

They are the faithful subjects all, 
And servants of thy will. 


4 Unless thy sacred law had been 
My comfort and delight, 
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I must have fainted, and expired 
In dark affliction’s night. 


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5 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts, . 
Shall never, Lord, depart ; a | 


For thou by them hast to new life 
Restored my dying heart. 


6 I’ve seen an end of what we cal 
Perfection here below ; 

But thy commandments, ‘like thyself, 
No change or period know. 


PART XIII. MEM. 
1 THE love that to thy aa Bs 


No language can display ; 
They with fresh wonders entertain 
My raptured thoughts all day. 


2 My feet with care I have refrain’d 
From every sinful way, 

That to thy sacred word I might 
Entire obedience pay. 


3 I have not from thy judgments stray’d, 
By vain desires misled ; 

For, Lord, thou hast instructed me 
Thy righteous paths to tread. 


4 How sweet are all thy words to me; 
O what divine repast! 

How much more grateful to my soul 
Than honey to my taste ! 


5 Taught by thy sacred precepts, I 
With heavenly skill am blest ; 

Thro’ which the treacherous ways of sin, 
I utterly detest. ; 


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2 I’ve vowd’d, and from my covenant, Lord 
Will never start aside, 
‘That in thy righteous judgments I 
“Will steadfastly abide. 


3 Let still my sacrifice of praise 
With thee acceptance find ; 

And in thy righteous judgments, Lord, 
Instruct my willing mind. 


4 Thy testimonies I have made 
My heritage and choice ; 

For they, when other comforts fail, 
My drooping heart rejoice. 


5 My heart with early zeal began 
Thy statutes to obey ; 

And, till my course of life is done, 
Shall keep thine upright way. 


PART XV. SAMECH. C. M. 


1 DECEITFUL thoughts and practices 
I utterly detest ; 

But to thy law affection bear 
Too great to be express’d. 


2 My hiding-place, my refuge-tower 
And shield art thou, O Lord ; 

I firmly anchor all my hopes 
On thy unerring word. 


3 Away from me, ye wicked men, 
Approach not my abode: 

For firmly I resolve to keep 
The precepts of my God. 


4 According to thy gracious word, 
From danger set me free ; 

Nor make me of those hopes ashamed, 
That I repose on thee. 


PART XVI. AIN. C. M. 


1 MINE eyes, alas! begin to fail, 
In long expectance held ; 
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Till thy salvation they behold, 
And righteous word fulfill’d. 


2 To me thy servant in distress, 
Thy wonted grace display, 
And discipline my willing heart 

Thy statutes to obey. 


3 On me, devoted to thy fear, 
Thy sacred skill bestow, 

That of thy testimonies I 
The full extent may know. 


4 Thy laws and precepts I account 
In all respects divine ; 

They teach me to discern the right, 
And all false ways decline. 


PART XVII; BE. --C.soeMs 


1 THE wonders which thy laws contain 
No words can represent ; 

Therefore to learn and practise them 
My zealous heart is bent. 


2 The very entrance to thy word 
Celestial light displays, 

And knowledge of true happiness 
To simplest minds conveys. 


3 With eager hopes I waiting stood, | 
And fainting with desire, 

That of thy wise commands I might 
The sacred skill acquire. 


4 With favor, Lord, look down on me, 
Who thy relief implore ; 

As thou art wont to visit those 
Who thy blest Name adore. 


5 Directed by thy heavenly word 
Let all my footsteps be ; 

Nor wickedness of any kind 
Dominion have o’er me. 


6 On me, devoted to thy fear, 
Lord, make thy face to shine: 
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Thy statutes both to know and keep 
My heart with zeal incline. 


PART XVIII. TSADDI. C. M. 


1 THOU art the righteous Judge, in whom 
Wrong’d innocence may trust ; 

And, like thyself, thy judgments, Lord, 
In all respects are just. 


2 Most just and true those statutes were 
Which thou didst first decree ; 

And all with faithfulness perform’d 
Succeeding times shall see. 


3 Lord, each neglected word of thine, 
Howe’er by men despised, 

Is pure, and for eternal truth 
By me, thy servant, prized. 


4 Thy righteousness shall then endure 
When time itself is past ; 

Thy law is truth itself, that truth 
Which shall for ever last. 


5 Though trouble, anguish, doubts, and dread, 
To. compass me unite ; 

Beset with danger, still { make 
Thy precepts my delight. 


6 Eternal and unerring rules 
Thy testimonies give: 

Teach me the wisdom that will make 
My soul for ever live. 


PART XIX. KOPH. C. M. 


1 WITH my whole heart to God I eall’d— 
Lord, hear my earnest cry ! 

And I thy statutes to perform 
Wil all my care apply. 


2 Again more fervently I pray’d— 

O save me, that I may 
Thy testimonies fully know, 

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3 My earlier prayer the dawning day 
Prevented, while I cried 

To him, upon whose faithful word 
My hope alone relied. 


4 Lord, hear my supplicating voice, 
And wonted favor show ; 

O quicken me, and so approve 
Thy judgments ever true ! 


5 Concerning thy divine commands 
My soul has known of old, 

That they were true, and shall their truth 
To endless ages hold. 


PART XX. RESCH. C. M. 


1 CONSIDER my affliction, Lord, 
And me from bondage draw : 

Think on thy servant in distress, 
Who ne’er forgets thy law. 


2 Defend my cause, and me to save 
Thy timely aid afford ; 
~ With beams of mercy quicken me 
According to thy word. 


3 From harden’d sinners thou remov’st 
Salvation far away ; 

?Tis just thou should’st withdraw from the 
Who from thy statutes stray. 


4 Since great thy tender mercies are 
To all who thee adore ; 

According to thy judgments, Lord, 
My fainting hopes restore. 


5 Consider, O my gracious God, 
How I thy precepts love ; 

O therefore quicken me with beams 
Of mercy from above ! 


6 As from the birth of time thy truth 
Has held through ages past, 
So shall thy righteous judgments firm 
To endless ages last. 
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PART XXI. SCHIN. C. M. 


1 THY sacred word my joyful breast 
With heavenly rapture warms ; 

Nor conquest, nor the spoils of war, 
Have such transporting charms. 


2 Perfidious practices and lies 
I utterly detest ; 

But to thy laws affection bear, 
Too vast to be express’d. 


3 Seven times a day, with grateful voice, 
Thy praises I resound, 

Because I find thy judgments all 
With truth and justice crown’d. 


4 Secure, substantial peace have they 
Who truly love thy law; 

No smiling mischief them can tempt, 
Nor frowning danger awe. 


5 For thy salvation I have hoped, 
And, though so long delay’d, 

With cheerful zeal and anxious care ," 
All thy commands obey’d. 


6 Thy testimonies [ have kept, 
And constantly obey’d ; 

Because the love I bore to them 
Thy service easy made. 


7 From strict observance of thy laws 
I never yet withdrew ; 

Convinced that my most secret ways 
Are open to thy view. 


PART XXII. TAU. C..M, 


1 TO my request and earnest cry 
Attend, O gracious Lord ; 

Inspire my heart with heavenly skill, 
According to thy word. 


2 Let my repeated prayer at last 
Before thy throne appear ; 
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According to thy plighted word, 
For my relief draw near. 


3 Then shall my grateful lips return 
The tribute of their praise, 

When thou thy counsels hast reveal’d, 
And taught me thy just ways. 


4 My tongue the praises of thy word 
Shall thankfully resound ; 

For thy commands are right, thy laws 
With truth and Justice crown’d. 


5 Let thy almighty arm appear, 
And bring me timely aid; 

For I the laws homgect ordain’d ’ 
My heart’s free choice have made. 


6 My soul has waited long to see 
Thy saving grace restored ; 

Nor comfort ‘knew, but what thy laws, 
Thy heavenly laws, afford. 


7 Prolong my life, that I may sing 
My great Restorer’s praise ; 


~ Whose justice, from the depths of woe, 


My fainting soul shall raise. 


8 Tho’ like a sheep that’s lost I’ve stray’d, 
And from thy ways declined, ; Re 
Do thou, O Lord, thy servant seek, r 
Who keeps thy laws in mind. a 


SELECTION 98. C.M. 


From the cxxi. Psalm of David. 


O Sion’s hill I lift my eyes, 
From thence expecting aid ; 
From Sion’s hill and Sion’s God, 
Who heaven and earth has made. 


2 He will not let thy foot be moved, 
Thy guardian will not sleep ; 
Behold, the God who slumbers not 
Will favor'd Israel keep. 
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3 Shelter’d beneath th’ Almighty’s wings, 
Thou shalt securely rest, 

Where neither sun nor moon shall thee 
By day or night molest. 


4 From common accidents of life 
The Lord shall guard thee still ; 

’Tis even he that shall preserve 
Thy soul from every ill. 


5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, 
Thy God shall thee defend ; 

Conduct thee through life’s pilgrimage, ~ 
Safe to thy journey’s end. 


SELECTION 99. G. M. 


From the exxii. Psalm of David. 


() ’TWAS a joyful sound to hear 

Our tribes devoutly say, 

Up, Israel, to the temple haste, 
And keep your festal-day ! 


2 At Salem’s courts we must appear, ¥ 
With our assembled powers, Py, 
In strong and beauteous order ranged 
Like her united towers. 


3 ’Tis thither, by divine command, 
The tribes of God repair, 

Before his ark to celebrate 
His name with praise and prayer. 


4 O, ever pray for Salem’s peace ; 
For they shall prosperous be, 
Thou holy city of our God, 
Who bear true love to thee. 


5 May peace within thy sacred walls 
A constant guest be found; 
With plenty and prosperity 
Thy palaces be crown’d. 
6 For my dear brethren’s sake, and friends~ 


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Pll pray—May peace in Salem’s towers 
A constant guest appear. 


7 But most of all Pll seek thy good, 
And ever wish thee well, 

For Sion and the temple’s sake, 
Where God vouchsafes to dwell. 


SELECTION 100. C. M. 
From the exxiv. Psalm of David. 


H’? not the Lord, may Israel say, 

On Israel’s side engaged, 

The foe had quickly swallow’d us, 
So furiously he raged. 


2 Had not the Lord himself vouchsafed 
To check nis fierce control, 

The adversary’s dreary flood’ 
Had overwhelmed our soul. 


3 But praised be our eternal Lord, 
Who left us not his prey ; 

The snare is broke, his rage disarm’d, 
And we again are free. 


4 Secure in God’s Almighty name 
Our confidence remains ; 

The God who made both heaven. and earth, 
Of both sole monarch reigns. 


SELECTION 101. C. M. 
From the cxxv. Psalm of David. 


HO Pe pe Sion’s God their trust 
Like Sion’s rock shall stand ; 
Like her immovably be fix’d 
By his almighty hand. : 


2 Look how the hills on every side 
Jerusalem enclose ; 
So stands the Lord around his saints, 
To guard them from their foes. 
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3 Be good, O righteous God, to those 
Who righteous deeds affect ; 

The heart that innocence retains, 
Let innocence protect. 


4 All those who walk in crooked paths, 
The Lord shall soon destroy ; 

Cut off th’ unjust, but crown the saints 
With lasting peace and joy. 


SELECTION 102. C. M. 
From the exxvii. Psalm of David. 


E build with fruitless cost, unless 
The Lord:the pile sustain ; 
Unless the Lord the city keep, 
The watchman wakes in vain. 


2 In vain we rise before the day 
And late to rest repair, 

Allow no respite to our toil, 
And eat the bread of care. 


3 Supplies of life, with ease to them, 
He on his saints bestows; ; 

He crowns their labors with success, 
Their nights with safe repose. 


SELECTION 103 C. M. 
_From the exxviii. Psalm of David. 


HE man is blest that fears the Lord, 
Nor only worship pays, 
But keeps his steps confined with care 
To his appointed ways. 


2 He shall upon the sweet returns 
Of his own labor feed ; 

Without dependence live, and see 
His wishes all succeed. 


3 Who fears the Lord shall prosper th 
Him Sion’s God shall bless, | 
And grant him all his days to see 

Jerusalem’s success. _ 










SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 
SELECTION 104. S. M. 
From the exxx. Psalm of David. 


‘ROM lowest depths of woe 
To God I sent my cry; 
Lord, hear my supplicating voice, 
And graciously reply. 


2 Should’st thou severely judge, 
Who can the trial bear ¢ 

But thou forgiv’st, lest we despond, 
And quite renounce thy fear.* 


3 My soul with patience waits 
For thee, the living Lord; 

My hopes are on thy promise built, 
Thy never failing word. 


4 My longing eyes look out 
For thy enlivening ray, 

More duly than the morning watch 
To spy the dawning day. 


5 Let Israel trust in God 
No bounds his mercy knows £ 

The plenteous source and spring from whence 
Eternal succor flows: 


6 Whose friendly streams to us 
Supplies in want convey ; 

A healing spring, a spring to cleanse 
And wash our guilt away. 


SELECTION 105. III. 1. 
From the exxxi. Psalm of David. 


ORD, forever at thy side 
Let my place and portion be 
Strip me of the robe of pride, 
Clothe me with humility. 


2 Meekly may my soul receive 
All thy spirit hath reveal’d ; 
. Thou hast spoken—I believe, 
_ _ Though the oracle be seal’d. 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


3 Humble as a little child, 
_ Weaned from the motner’s breast, 
By no subtleties beguiled, 

On thy faithful word I rest. 


4 Israel now and evermore 
In the Lord Jehovah trust; 
Him, in all his ways, adore, 
Wise, and wonderful, and just. 


SELECTION 106. C. M. 
From the cxxxti. Psalm of David. 


WITH due reverence let us all 
To God’s abode repair ; 
And prostrate at his footstep fall’n 
Pour out our humble prayer. 


2 Arise, O Lord, and now possess 
Thy constant place of rest ; 

Be that not only with thy ark, 
But with thy presence bless’d. 


3 Clothe thon thy priests with righteousne s, 
Make thou thy saints rejoice : 

And, for thy servant David’s sake, 
Hear thy anuointed’s voice. 


4 Fair Sion does, in God’s esteem, 
All other seats excel ; 

His place of everlasting rest, 
Where he desires to dwell. 


5 Her store th’ Almighty will increase, 
Her poor with plenty bless ; 

Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests 
His saving health confess. 


SELECTION 107. C. M. 


From the exxxiii. Psalm of David. 






OW vast must their advantage be 
How great their pleasure pre 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


Who live like brethren, and consent 
In offices of love! 


2 True love is like the precious oil, 
Which, pour’d on Aaron’ ; head, 

Ran down his beard, and o’er his robes 
Its costly fragrance shed. 


3 ’Tis like refreshing dew, which does 
On Hermon’s top aistil ; 

Or like the early drops that fall 
On Sion’s favor’d hill. 


4 for Sion is the chosen seat 

Where the Almighty King ei) 
The promised blessing has ordain’d 

And hfe’s eternal spring. 


SELECTION 108. C. M. 
From the cxxxiv. Psalm of David. 


Rie God, ye servants, that attend 

Upon his solemn state ; 

That in his temple’s hallow’d courts 
With humble reverence wait. 


2 Within his house lift up your hands, 
And bless his holy Name: 

From Sion bless thy Isreal Lord, 
Who earth and heaven did’st frame. 


SELECTION 109. C. M. 
From the cxxxv. Psalm of David. 


PRAISE the Lord with one consent 
And magnify his Name ; 
Let all the servants of the Lord 
His worthy praise proclaim. a 


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2 Praise him, all ye that in his house 
Attend with constant care ; 

With those that to his outmost courts 
With humble zeal repair. 


3 For God his own peculiar choice, 
The sons of Jacob makes; 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


And Israel’s offspring for his own 
Most valued treasure takes. 


4 That God is great, we often have 
By glad experience found ; 

And seen how he, with wondrous power, 
Above all gods is crown’d. 


5 For he, with unresisted strength, 
Performs his sovereign will, 

In heaven and earth, and watery stores 
That earth’s deep caverns fill. 


6 Their just returns of thanks to God 
Let grateful Israel pay ; 
Nor let anointed Aaron’s race 


To bless the Lord delay. 


7 Their sense of his unbounded love 
Let Levi’s house express; 

And let all those who fear the Lord 
His name forever bless. 


8 Let all with thanks his wondrous works 
In Sion’s courts proclaim ; 

- Let thern in Salem, where he dwells. 

Exalt his holy Name. 


SELECTION 110. II. 4. 
From the cxxxvi. Psalm of David. 


O God, the mighty Lord, 
Your joyful thanks repeat ; 
To him due praise afford, 
As good as he is great. 
For God does prove 
Our constant friend ; 
His boundless love 
Shall never end. 


2 To him, whose wondrous power 
All other gods obey, 
Whom earthly kings adore, 
Your grateful homage pay. 
For God, &c. 
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3 By his almighty hand 
_ Amazing works are wrought; 
The heavens by his command 
Where to perfection brought. 
For God, &e. - 


4 He spread the ocean round 
About the spacious land ; 
And bade the rising ground 
Above the waters stand. 
For God, &c. 


5 By him the heavens display 
Their numerous hosts of light, 
The sun to rule by day, 
The moon and stars by nignt. 
For God, &c. 


6 He, in our depth of woes, 
On us with favor thought ; 
And from our cruel foes 
In peace and safety brought. 
For God, &c. 


7 He does the food supply 
On which all creatures live: 
To God, who reigns on high, 
Eternal praises give. 
For God will prove 
Our constant friend ; 
His boundless love 
Shali never end. 


SELECTION 111. LL.M. 
From the cxxxvil. Psalm of David. 


HEN we, our weary limbs to rest, 
Sat down by proud Euphrates’ stream, 
We wept with doleful thoughts oppress’d, 
And Sion was our mournful theme. 


2 Our harps, that when with joy we sung, 
Were wont their tuneful parts to bear, 
With silent strings neglected hung 
On willow-trees that wither’d there. 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


3 O Salem, our once happy seat, 
When I of thee forgetful prove, 
Let then my trembling hand forget 
The speaking strings with art to move ! 


4 If I to mention thee forbear, 
Perpetual silence be my doom; 
Or if my chiefest joy compare 
With thee, Jerusalem, my home! 


SELECTION 112. C.'M. 
From the exxxviii. Psalm of David. 


ITH my whole heart, my God and King, 
Thy praise I will proclaim ; 
Before the mighty I will sing, 
And bless thy holy Name. 


2 [ll worship at thy sacred seat, 
And, with thy love inspired, 
The praises of thy truth repeat, 
O’er all thy works admired. 


3 ‘Thou graciously inclin’dst thine ear, 
When [I to thee did ery ; 

And, when my soul was press’d with fear, 
Didst inward strength supply. 


4 For God, although enthroned on high, 
Does thence the poor respect ; 

The proud, far off, his seornful eye 
Behold with just neglect. 


5 Though I with troubles am oppress’d, 
He shall my foes disarm, 

Relieve my soul when most distress’d, 
And keep me safe from harm. 


6 The Lord, whose mercies ever last, 
Shall fix my happy state ; 

And, mindful of his favors past, 
Shall his own work complete. 


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SSELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


SELECTION 113. L.M. 
From the exxxix. Psalm of David. 
HOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known 
4 My nising up and lying down; 
My secret thoughts are known to thee, 
Known long before conceived by me. 


2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys, 
My public haunts and private ways: 


» Thou know’st what ’tis my lips would vent, 


My yet unutter’d words intent. 


3 Surrounded by thy power I stand, 
On every side I find thy hand: 

O skill for human reach ‘too high! 
Too dazzling bright for mortal eye ! 


4 From thy all-seeing Spirit, Lord, 
What hiding-place does earth afford? 
O where can I thy influence shun, 
Or whither from thy presence run? 


5 If up to heaven I take my flight, 

’Tis there thou dwell’st enthroned in light ; 
If to the world unseen, my God, 

There also hast thou thine abode. 


6 Ir I the morning’s wings could gain, 
And fly beyond the western main ; 
E’en there, in earth’s remotest land, 

I still should find thy guiding hand. 


7 Or, should I try to shun thy sight 
Beneath the sable wings of night; 

One glance from thee, one piercing ray, 
Would kindle darkness into day. 


8 The veil of night is no disguise, 

No screen from thy all-searching eyes ; 
Through midnight shades thou find’st thy way, 
As in the blazing noon of day. 


9 Thou know’st the texture of my heart, 
My reins, and every vital part ; 
Pll praise thee, from whose hands I came, 
A work of such a wondrous frame. 

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SELECTIONS OF PSALMIS. 


10 Let me acknowledge too, O God, 
That since this maze of life I trod, 
Thy thoughts of love to me surmount 
The power of numbers to recount. 


11 For sooner could I reckon o’er 
The sands upon the ocean’s shore; 
Each morn revising what I’ve done, 
I find th’ account but new begun. 


12 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, 
If mischief lurk in any part; 

Correct me where I go astray, ; 
And guide me in thy perfect way. 


SELECTION 114. C. M. 
From the cxli. Psalm ot David, 


ORD, in thy sight, O let my prayer 
Like morning incense rise ; 
My lifted hands accepted be 
As evening sacrifice. 


2 From hasty language curb my tongue, 
And let a constant guard 

Still keep the portal of my lips 
With wary silence barr’d. 


3 From wicked men’s designs and deeds 
My heart and hands restrain ; 

Nor let me share their evil works, 
Or their unrighteous gain. 


4 Let upright men reprove my faults, 
And I shall think them kind ; 

Like healing oil upon my head 
I their reproof shall find. 


SELECTION 115. C. M. 
From the ecxliii. Psalm of David. 


ORD, hear my prayer, and to my cry 
Thy wonted audience lend ; 
In thy accustom’d faith and truth 
A gracious answer send. 
114 


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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


2 Nor at thy a ae bring 
Thy servant to be tried; 

For in thy sight no living man 
Can e’er be justified. 


3 To thee my hands in humble prayer 
I fervently stretch out; 

My soul for thy refreshment thirsts, 
Like land oppress’d with drought. 


4 Hear me with speed, my spirit fails ; 
Thy face no longer hide, 


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z Lest I become forlorn, like them 


That in the grave reside. 


5 Thy kindness early let me hear, 
Whose trust on thee depends ; 

Teach me the way where I should go, 
My soul to thee ascends. 


6 Do thou, O Lord, from all my foes 
Preserve and set me free; 

A safe retreat a hiding place, 
My soul implores from thee. 


7 Thou art my God, thy righteous will 
Instruct me to obey; 

Let thy good spirit lead and keep 
My soul in thy right way. 


8 O, for the sake of thy great Name, 
Revive my drooping heart; 

For thy truth’s sake, to me distress’d 
Thy saving health impart. 


SELECTION 116. L. M. 
From the ecxliv. Psalm of David. 


ORD, what’s in man, that thou should’st love 
Of him such tender care to take ? 
What in his offspring could thee move 
Such great account of him to make? 


2 The life of man does quickly fade, 
His thoughts but empty are and vain, 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


His days are like a flying shade, 
Of whose short stay no signs remain. 


3 To thee, almighty King of kings, 

In new-made hymns my voice I’ll raise ; 
And instruments of many strings 

Shall help me to adore and praise. 


SELECTION 117. 
From the cxlv. Psalm of David. 


PARTI. ©. M. 
ee will I bless, my God and King, 


Thy endless praise proclaim 5 
This tribute daily I will bring, 
And ever bless thy Name. 


2 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great, 
And highly to be praised ; 

Thy majesty, with boundless height, 
Above our knowledge raised. 


3 Renown’d for mighty acts, thy fame 
To future time extends; 

From age to age thy glorious Name 
Successively descends. 


4 Whilst I thy glory and renown, 

And wondrous works express, 
The world with me thy might shall own, 

And thy great power confess. 


5 The praise that to thy love belongs, 
They shall with joy proclaim ; 

Thy truth of all their grateful songs 
Shall be the constant theme. 


6 The Lord is good; fresh acts of grace 
His pity still supplies; 

His anger moves with slowest pace, 
His willing mercy flies. 


7 Thy love through earth extends its fame, 
To all thy works express’d ; 
These show thy praise, whilst thy great Name — 
Is by thy servants bless’d. : - 
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8 They, with a glorious prospect fired, 
Shall of thy kingdom speak ; 

And thy great power, by all admired, 
Their lofty subject make. 


9 God’s mighty works of ancient date 
Shall thus to all be known ; 

And thus his kingdom’s glorious state 
In all its splendor shown. 


10 His steadfast throne, from changes free, 
Shall stand forever fast ; 

His boundless sway no end shall see, 
But time itself outlast. 


PART Ihe Co aie 


1 THE Lord does then support that fall, 
And makes the prostrate rise ; 

For his kind aid all creatures call, 
Who timely food supplies. 


2 Whate’er their various wants require, 
With open hand he gives; 

And so fulfils the just desire 
Of everything that lives. 


3 How holy is the Lord, how just, 
How righteous all his ways! 

How nigh to him, who with firm trust | 
For his assistance prays ! 


4 He grants the full desires of those 
Who him with fear adore ; 

And will their troubles soon compose, 
When they his aid implore. 


5 The Lord preserves all those with care 
Whom grateful love employs ; 

But sinners who his vengeance dare, 
In justice he destroys. 


6 My time to come, in praises spent, 
Shall still advance his fame ; 
And all mankind, with one consent, 
Forever bless his Name. 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


SELECTION 118. III. 3. 
From the clxv. Psalm of David. 


OD, my King, thy might confessing, 
Ever will I bless thy Name ; 
Day by day thy throne addressing, 
Still will I thy praise proclaim. 


2 Honor great our God befitteth ; 
Who his majesty can reach ? 

Age to age his works transmitteth, 
Age to age his power shall teach. 


3 They shall talk of all thy glory, 
On thy might and greatness dwell, 

Speak of thy dread acts the story, 
And thy deeds of wonder tell. 


4 Nor shall fail from memory’s treasure, 
Works by love and mercy wrought ; 

Works of love surpassing measure, 
Works of mercy passing thought. 


5 Full of kindness and compassion, 
Slow to anger, vast in love, 

God is good to all creation ; 
All his works his goodness prove. 


6 All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee, 
Thee shall all thy saints adore ; 

King supreme shall they confess thee, . 
And proclaim thy sovereign power. Ne 


7 They thy might, all might excelling, 
Shall to all mankind make known ; 

And the brightness of thy dwelling, 
And the glories of thy throne. 


8 Ever, God of endless praises, 
Shall thy royal might remain ; 
Evermore thy brightness blazes, : 
Ever lasts thy mghteous reign. 
9 Them that fall the Lord protecteth, 
He sustains the bow’d and bent: 
Every eye from thee expecteth, 
Fix’d on thee, its nourishment. 


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10 Thou to all, great God of nature, 
Giv’st in season due their food ; 

Spread’st thy hand, and every creature 
Satisfiest still with good. 


11 God is just in all he doeth, 
Kind is he in all his ways ; 

He his ready presence showeth, 
When a faithful servant prays. 


12 Who sincerely seek and fear him, 
He to them their wish will give ; 

When they call, the Lord will hear them, 
He will hear them, and relieve. 


13 From Jehovah all who prize him 
Shall his saving health enjoy: 

All the wicked who despise him, 
He will in their sins destroy. 


14 Still, Jehovah, thee confessing, 
Shall my tongue thy praise proclaim ; 

And may all mankind with blessing 
Ever hail thy holy Name. 


SELECTION 119. C. M. 
From the exlvi. Psalm of David. 


() eee the Lord, and thou, my aon ) 
For ever bless his Name : 
rae His wondrous love, while life shall last, 
My constant praise shall claim. 


2 On princes, on the sons of men, 
Let none for aid rely ; 

They cannot help, they turn to dust, 
And all their counsels die. 


3 Then happy he, who Jacob’s God 
For his protector takes ; 

Who still, with well-placed hope, the Lord 
His constant refuge makes. 


4 The Lord, who made both heaven and earth, 
And all that they ete 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


Will mever quit his steadfast truth, 
Nor make his promise vain. 


5 The poor, oppress’d, from all their wrongs 
Are eased by his decree ; 

He gives the hungry needful food 
And sets the prisoners free. 


6 By him the blind receive their sight, 
The weak and fall’n he rears ; 
With kind regard and tender love 
He for the righteous cares. 


7 The strangers he preserves from harm, 
The orphan kindly treats ; 

Defends the widow, and the wiles 
Of wicked men defeats. 


8 The God that does in Sion dwell 
Is our eternal King; 

From age to age his 1 reign endures ; 
Let all his praises sing. 


SELECTION 120. Il. 2. 
From the exlvi. Psalm of David. 
lee praise my Maker with my breath, 
And when my voice is lost in death, 
Praise shall employ my nobler poweis 
My days of praise shall ne’er be past, - 
While life, and thought, and being last, 
Or immortality endures. 


2 Why should I place in man my trust ? 
E’en princes die and turn to dust, 

Vain is the help of flesh and blood ; 
Their breath departs, their pomp and pow’r, 
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour, 

Nor can they make their promise g good. 


3 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
On Israel’s God: he made the sky, 

And earth, and seas, with all their train ; 
He saves th’ oppress’d, he feeds the poor ; 
His truth for ever stands secure, 

And none shall find his promise vain. 


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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


4 The Lord gives eyesight to the blind, 
The Lord supports the smking mind, 
He sends the righteous strength and peace, 
He helps the stranger in distress, 
The widow and the fatherless, 
And to the prisoner grants release. 


5 God shall the wicked overturn, 
On them his wrath shall ever burn, 
Sinners shall perish in their ways: 
Sion! the God thy sons adore, 
He, he is King for evermore ; 
The Lord thy God for ever praise ! 


SELECTION 121. 
From the cxlvii. Psalm of David. 
PART. I. C.™M. 


PRAISE the Lord with hymns of joy, 
And celebrate his fame ; 
For pleasant, good, and comely ’tis 
To praise his holy Name. 


2 His holy city God will build, 
Though levell’d with the ground ; 
Bring back his people, though dispersed 
Through all the nations round. 


3 He kindly heals the broken hearts, | 
And all their wounds does close ; 

He tells the number of the stars, 
Their several names he knows. 


4 Great is the Lord, and great his power, 
His wisdom has no’ bound ; 

The meek he raises, and throws down 
The wicked to the ground. 


5 To God the Lord, a hymn of praise 
With grateful voices sing ; ; 

To songs of triumph tune the harp, 
And strike each warbling string. 


6 He covers heav’n with clouds, and thence 
Refreshing rain bestows 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


And on the mountains, through his care, 
The grass in plenty grows. 


7 His care the beasts that loosely range 
- With timely food supplies ; 

He feeds the ravens’ tender brood, 
And stops their hungry cries. 


§& The Lord to him that fears his Name 
His tender love extends ; 

To him that on his boundless grace 
With steadfast hope depends. 


9 Let Sion and Jerusalem 
To God their praise address ; 

Whose strength secures their lasting gates, 
Who does their children bless. 


PART ty eben. 


1 JEHOVAH speaks: swift from the skies 
To earth the sovereign mandate flies ; 
The elements confers their Lord, 

With prompt obedience to his word ; 


2 The thick-descending flakes of snow 
O’er earth a fleecy mantle throw ; 

And glitt’ring frost o’er all the plains 
Binds nature fast in icy chains. 


3 He speaks: the ice and snow obey, 
And nature’s fetters melt away ; 
Softly the vernal breezes blow, 

And murmuring waters freely flow. 


4 But nobler works his grace record 3 
To Israel he reveals his “word ; 

To them, his chosen flock, alone, 

He makes his sacred precepts known. 


5 Such bliss no heathen nation pees 
His oracles are only theirs: 

Let Israel then their voices raise, 

And bless‘their God in songs of praise. 


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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


SELECTION. 122... II. 4. 
From the cxlviu. Psalm of David. 


E boundless realms of joy, 
. Exalt your Maker’s fame ; 
His praise your song employ 
Above the starry frame: 
Your voices raise, 
Ye Cherubim 
And Seraphim, 
To sing his praise. 


2 Thou moon, that rul’st the night, 
And sun that guid’st the day, 
Ye glittering stars of light, 
To him your homage pay : 
His praise declare, 
Ye heavens above, 
And clouds that move 
In liquid air. 


3 Let them adore the Lord, 
And praise his holy Name, 
By whose almighty word 
They all from nothing came ; 
And all shall last 
From changes free ; 
His firm decree 
Stands ever fast. 


4 Let earth her tribute pay: 
Praise him, ye dreadful whales, 
And fish that through the sea 
Glide swift with glittering scales ; 
Fire, hail, and snow, 
And misty air, 
And winds that where 
He bids them blow. - 


5 By hills, and mountains, all 
In grateful concert join’d ; 
By cedars stately tall, 
And trees for fruit design’d; 
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By every beast, 
- And creeping thing, 
And fowl of wing, 


His Name be blest. 


6 Let all of highest birth, 
With those of humbler name, 
And judges of the earth, 
His matchless praise proclaim : ; 
In this design, 
Let youths with maids, 
And hoary heads 
With children, join. 


7 United zeal be shown 
His wondrous fame to raise, 
Whose glorious Name alone 
Deserves our endless praise ; 
Earth’s utmost ends 
His power obey ; 
His glorious sway 
The sky transcends. 


8 His chosen saints to grace, 
He sets them up on high; 
And favors Israel’s race, 
Who still to him are nigh: 
O therefore raise 
Your grateful voice, 
And still rejoice 
The Lord to praise! 


. SELECTION 123. IV. 1. 
From the cxlix. Psalm of David. 


PRAISE ye the Lord, 
Prepare your glad voice, 
His praise in the great 
Assembly to sing: 
iutheir great Creator 
Let Israel rejoice ; 
And children of Sion 
Be glad in their King. 
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SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. 


2 Let them his great Name 
Extol in their songs, 

With hearts well attuned 
His praises express ; 

Who always takes pleasure 
To hear their glad tongues, 

And waits with salvation 
The humble to bless. 


3 With glory adorn’d 
His people shall sing 
To God, who their heads 
With safety doth shield ; 
Such honor and triumph 
His favor shall bring ; 
O therefore, for ever 


All praise to him yield! 


SELECTION 124. L. M. 
From the cl. Psalm of David. 


PRAISE the Lord in that blest place, 
From whence his godness largely flows; _ 
Praise him in heaven where he his face, 
Unveil’d, in perfect glory shows. 
2 Praise him for all the mighty acts 
Which he in our behalf has done ; 
His kindness this return exacts, ; 
With which our praise should equal run. 


3 Let the shrill trampet’s warlike voice 
Make rocks and hills his praise rebound: 

Praise him with harps melodious noise, 
And gentle psaltery’s silver sound. 


4. Let them who joyful hymns compose, 
To cymbals set their sungs of praise ; 

To well-tuned cymbals, and to those 
That loudly sound on solemn days. 


5 Let all that vital breath enjoy,» 
The breath he does to them afford, 
In just returns of praise employ: 
Let every creature praise the Lord! 


END OF THE SELECTIONS OF THE PSALMS IN METRE. 


ie 


TABLE OF FIRST LINES, 


SHOWING WHERE TO FIND EACH PSALM, AND PART OF A 
PSALM, BY THE BEGINNING. 


Psal; Parti sie 
ACCORDING to thy promised grace - cxix. 97 7 93 
Adored for ever be the Lord - - XXVill. 23 22 
Approach, ye children of the Lord Poxtxiy. 29 2.9m 
As pants the hart for cooling streams - xiii. 36 33 
As pants the wearied hart for cooling 
springs - - eh Lit, £37 34 
Attend my pacpiet Isr nal, heat, - - Ls. 438 2 38 
Be gracious to thy servant, Lord - eas. 97: 3a 
Bless’d is the man whom thou, O'Lord = -xciv. 73 2 @& 
Bless God, my soul; thou, Lord, alone - civ, . 33. 1 
Bless God, ye servants, that attend -CXxxiv. 108 109 
But who thine anger’s dread effects = - Ke. 0.169 2a 
Consider my affliction, Lord - - (iexrx. 97 20 10% 
Consider that the righteous man - - iv. 4 5 
Deceitful thoughts and practices - -/,cxix. O07 15-238 
Defend me, Lord, from shame - ee CI oO 23 
For ever and for ever, Lord - -\' €Xix.)./ 97 \ 12. 
For thee, O God, our constant praise - Ixv. 50 1 44 
From lowest depths of woe - texan,” “104 107 
Give ear, thou Judge of all the earth - iy.) 45 40 
God is our refuge in distress - ot AVE. A 36 
God, my King, thy might confessing - cxlv. 118 118 
- God of my life, O Lord most high Ixxxviii. 67 59 
- God shall arise, and Sion view - = Cis.80 203m 
God shall charge his angel legions 2). EC.» 10; Qa 
God’s perfect law convertsthe soul - xix. 15 2 183 
God’s temple crowns the holy mount Ixxxvii. 66 
Had not the Lord, may Israel say - cxxiv. 100 
Happy the man whose tender care - hts: 2/135 
Have mercy, Lord, on me _ - - - li. 44 
Hear, O my people; tomylaw - - lxxvili. 60 
_He’s blest whose sins have pardon gain’d xxxii. 27 
He that has God his guardianmade - xci. 170 
How bless’d are’they who always keep - cxix. 97 
How blest is he who ne’er consents’ - i. 1 
How good and pleasant must it be my ORGS ne 


How long wilt thou forget me, Lord - xiii. 10 
How manifold thy works, O Lord - - civ. 84 
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TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 


How shall the young perserve their ways cxix. 
How various, Lord, thy works are found’ civ. 
How vast must their advantage be CXXXIil. 
Vll praise my Maker with my oe - cxlvi. 
In mercy, not in wrath - - Vi. 
In my distress to God I cried - « | XXX. 


Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord - CXIX. 
In thee I put my steadfast trust - xxi. 
I waited meekly for the Lord - - xt) 
Jehovah reigns, let all the earth - - xcVil. 


Jehovah reigns, let therefore all - XIX, 
Jehovah speaks: swift from the skies - cxlvii. 


Judge me, O Lord, for I the paths on KV 
Let.all the just to God, with joy - - XXXII. 
Let all the lands, with shouts of joy -  Ixvi. 
Let me with light and truth be bless’d - = xiii. 
Like water is my life poured out - - XXi. 
Lo! hills and mountains shall bring forth xxii. 
Lord, for ever at thy side - - - CXXXI. 


Lord, from thy unexhausted store - Ixy. 
Lord, hear my prayer, andtomycry - cxlil, 


Lord, in thy sight, O let my prayer exli, 
Lord, let me know my term of days - xxxiv. 
Lord, not to us, we claim no share = ST OXF) 
Lord, though at times surprised by fear _lvi. 
Lord, to my brethren I’ll declare - -  XXii. 
Lord, what’s in man, be thou a grees 

love - - exlix, 
Lord, who’s the heppy 4 man that may - XV. 
Magnify Jehovah’s name - © CVii. 
May Jacob’s God defend - - - XX, 
Mine eyes, alas! begin to fail - -  cXix. 
My God, my God, why leav’st thou me- = xxii. 
My grateful soul shall bless the Lord - xvi. 
My offerings to God’s house [’ll bring - = Ixvi. 
My soul, for help on Godrely = - - IL xii. 
My soul, howe’er distress’d and poor -  Ixix. 
My soul, inspired with sacred love ~ Cli. 
My soul, oppressed with deadly care -  cwix. 
My soul with grateful thoughts of love-  exvi. 
My soul with long expectance faints - cxix. 


No change of time shall ever shock + xviii. 

O all ye people, clap your hands - > Xxivii. 

O bless the Lord, my soul - “ =*  Clll, 

O come, loud anthems let us sing - -  XcyV. 
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Psalm. Part P. 


97 
83 
107 


120 
6 
25 
oF 
55 
34 
76 
78 
121 
21 


28 
ol 
38 
ui 
56 
105 
50 
115 
114 
33 


74 


2 
2 


120 


89 
76 
108 


6 
23 
31 


TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 


O God, my gracious God, to thee - - — lxili. 
O God, my heart is fix’d, ’tis bent -  |vii. 
O God, my heart is fully bent - = cyiii. 
O God of hosts, the mighty Lord - - [xxxiv. 
O God our Saviour, all our hearts + LE 
O Lord my God, my portion thou - & (OKIE t 
O Lord, the saviour and defence - - xc, 
O Lord, thy mercy, my sure hope - XXXVI. 
O praise the Lord, and thou, my soul - cxlvi. 
O praise the Lord, for he is good - - CXVili. 
O praise the Lord in that blest place - 22 
O praise the Lord with hymns of joy - cxlvii. 
O praise the Lord with one consent. - cxxxv. 
O praise ye the Lord - - - cxlix, 
O render thanks and bless the Tard - cv. 
O render thanks to God above’ - - CV. 
O Thou, whom heavenly hosts obey -  Ixxx. 
O Thou, to whom all creatures bow” - Vill. 
O ’twas a joyful sound to hear - - CXXil. 
O with due reverance let us all - - CXXXl. 
Praise ye the Lord; our Godto praise - —cxi. 
Regard my words, O gracious Lord Vo 
Save me, O God, from waves that roll - — Ixix. 
Say ye, the Lord shall not regard - - xXCiv. 
Sing to the Lord a new-made song - KCVi. 
Sing to the Lord a new-made song - XCylil. 
That man is bless’d who stands in awe = CXli. 
Thee will I bless, my God, and King -_ cxlv. 
The good man’s way is God’s delight - xxxvii. 
The heavens declare thy glory, Lord -  Xix. 
The Lord a holy temple hath - - xl, 
The Lord does them support that fall - cxlv. 
The*Lord hath spoke, the mighty God - L. 
The Lord himself, the mighty Lord - xxiil. 
The Lord look’d down from heaven’s 

-high tower - pligiy Reed wakiee 
The Lord, the only Gad, is seeat - - xlviil. 
The Lorp unto my Lord thus spake < cx. 
The love that to thy laws I bear - - xix. 
The man is blest that fears the Lord — exxviii. 
The Name of our God - - - - Ixxvi 
The servants of Jehovah’s will  - - Ixviii, 
The spacious earth is all the Lord’s - xxiv. 
The strong foundations of the earth - cil. 
The wicked I in power have seen XXXVil. 


128 


Psalm. Part. P 
AQ 43 
A 42 
SS 80: 
63 59 
64, 4. 80 see 
97 7 94 
69 1 GF 
30 26 
119 119 
96 86 
124 125 
121 1 Ta 
109 109 
123 124 
8&5 78 
86 78 
61 54 

7 7 
99 104 
106 108 
90 82 
5 6 
4. Tog 
ihe 1 66 

715 68 
77 70 
91 83 
117 1 116 
SL 2 29 

15. 1. 
9 8 
117 2 13s 
43 2) 
18 17 
il 9 
42 37 
89 81 
97 13 97 
103 106 
59 52 
533} 47 
19 18 
80 3% 
3 30 


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TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 


The wonders which thy laws contain -  cxix, 
Thine is the cheerful day, O Lord - Ixxiv, 
Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom — cxix. 
Though wicked men grow rich or great XXXV1i. 
Thou, gracious God, art my defence - ill. 
Thou, Lord sby strictest search hast known cxxxix. 
Thou suit’st, O Lord, thy righteous wayS  -XVili. 
Through all the changing scenes of life xxxiv. 


us God declares his sovereign will - il. 
Thy chastening wrath, O Lord, restrain xxxvlil. 
Thy constant blessing, Lord, bestow -  exix. 


Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song - Lxxxix. 
Thy presence, Lord, hath me supplied - Ixxiii, ' 


Thy sacred word my joyful breast ie CXR 
Thy wondrous power, Almighty Lord - evil. 
Thy word is to my feetalamp - LM CRIR 
To bless thy chosen race - - -  lxvii. 
To celebrate thy praise, O Lord - ig PTR. 
To God,.in whom I trust. - - = 1) RV, 
To God, our never-failing strength - Ixxxi. 
To God, the mighty Lord - - - CXXXV1. 
To me, who am the workmanship oh 4 Semeyes 
To my complaint, O Lord, my God - Ixxxvi. 
. To my request and earnestcry - LM exgae 
To Sion’s hill I lift my eyes - -  CXXi. 
We build with fruitless cost, unless - cxxvil. 
Whate’er the mighty Lord decrees - XXXIL 
When I pour out my soul in prayer - cl. 
When we, our weary limbs to rest . CXXXVil. 


While I the King’s loud praise rehearse xlv. 
Whom should I fear, since God to me XXVil. 
Who place on Sion’s God their trust -  cxxy. 
With cheerful notes let all the earth - cxvii. 


With glory clad, with strengtharray’d - xciil. 
With me, thy servant, thou hast dealt - cxix, 


With mywhole heart, my God and King cxxxviii. 
With my whole heart to God I call’d -  cxix. 


With one consent let all the earth - Ge 
Ye boundless realms of joy - - - exlvui. 
Ye saints and servants of the Lord - CXHi. 


Ye that in might and powerexcel - XxXix. 


129 


Psalm. Part. P. 


97 
08 
97 
ol 


i7 


18 
1 


19 


99 
52 
100 
28 
4 
113 
12 
26 


TABLE, 


TO FIND THE PSALMS IN THE FOREGOING SELECTIONS 
SUITED TO PARTICULAR SUBJECTS AND OCCASIONS. 


-ldoration of God, Selections 7, 50, 74, 75, 117. (See Praise.) 

— of the second Persou in the Trinity, Al. 

ldvent, Psalms proper for, 43, part 1.; 68, 75, 76, 77. 
Afflicted, prayer of, 10, 36, 37, 73, part iis 80, 97, p. X15 115. 
— comfort of, 97, p. vii. 
— complaint of, 36, 37, 80, p. 1.5 115. 
— Psalm proper for, 97, 
Afflictions, benefits of, 73. p. 11.3; 97, p.4x. ver. 3. 

— deliverance from them celebrated, 29, 87. 
Aged Saints, prayer of, 55, ver. 6. 
Almsgiving, 35, ver. 1, 2, 3; 91. 
Angels, guard the righteous, '29, ver. 4; 70; p.1 

— called on to praise the Lord, 81, ver. hy, 12. 
Ascension, 19, ver. 6, 7, 8, 9,10; 41, 53, ver. 4, be 
Ash Wednesday, 44, 104. (See Penitential.) 
Assistance from God, 112, 116. 
Atheism, practical, punishment denounced against, 11. 
Attributes of God, 30, 90, 117, 119, 120, 121. 
Blessing of God, on temporal business and comforts, 102, 103. 
Blessings promised to the righteous, 1, 27, 103. 
Blood of Christ, cleansing from sin, prefigured by the ceremo- 

nies of the law, vii 

Brotherly love, 107. 
Care of God over his saints, 29. 
Charity to the poor. (See Almsgiving.) 
Charitable man, blessings promised to, 35. ver. 1, 2, 3. 
“Children, instructed in God’s law, 60, ver. 3, 6; 97, p. IL 
Christ, the true David, 68. (See David.) 

— covenant made with him typified by David, 68, % 

— divinity of, 39, ver. 6-8; 41, 89. 

— his incarnation, 34, ver. 6, &e, 

— David in the person of, describes his sorrows, and the 
malice and persecution of his enemies, and prays for 
deliverance, 17, 34, 45. 

— his death and sufferings set forth in the person of David, 

17, 34, 45, 54. 

— his resurrection predicted, 2, 13, 54, p. li; 95, Ver.) 
cin ats atey. 

— his ascension celebrated, 19, 41, 53. 

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Christ, his exaltation in his human nature to his mediatorial 
kingdom, 2, 7, 56, 6S, $9, 96, 106. 
his glorification in his human nature, 7. 
his love to his church celebrated, 39, 
his glory and power. 39. 
his kingdom among the Gentiles, 56, 66, 89, 106. 
a Priest and King, S9. 
our strength and righteousness, 55 
his first and second coming, 43, 75, 76,77. 
Christmas-day. 39, 64, last three verses; 68, S9, 106. 
Church, built on Jesus Christ, 96, ver. 11, &c. 
— gathered and settled, 196. 
— its beauty, worship, an { order, 42, 99 
— the birth-place of hee 31, 
safety and joy in it, 22, 42, 63. 
destruction of its enemies, 59. 
— Gentiles gathered into it, 39, 41. 
—- God defends it and fights for it, 16,40. 101. » 
— Christ’s love to it, 39. 
— God’s presence in it, and delight in it, 29, 106° 
— the garden of the Lord, 7, ver. 8,9. 
— the spouse of Christ, 39, 
— its increase, 52. 
— in affliction, 61. 
— comforted, 101. 
— _ the honor and safety of a nation, 42. 
— its festivals joyfully frended, 99; 
Comfort and support in God, 4, 13, 27, 29, 40, se p. li. 5 first 
three verses. 
, — and support in sadness, prayed for, 80. 
— — — of God’s Spirit prayed for, 37, 38, 44, 
Communion of saints, 107. 
Complaint of absence from public worship, 36, ay 
— of sickness, 6. 
— of temptation and spiritual afflictions, 36, 31. 
— of heavy afflictions in mind and body, 80, 115. 
Compassion of God, 81, $2, 117, from ver. 6. 
Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon, 27, 32, 44,104, 115. 
Confirmation, Psalms proper for, 15, p, ii. ; 20, ver. 5, &c.; 29, 
p. it. ver. 1, &c. 5 44, ver. 8, &e. S07, :p. i. ver. 1, &e. yp 
ve weryd ,.d6c).."p sawp ver. ae; 
Conscience, its guilt relieved, 27, 104. 
Consecration of a Church, 106. (See Office of Consecration.) 
— anact of, 20, 44. 
Converse with God, 49. 
Conversion of Jews and Gentiles, 66, 75, 86, 
Corruption of manners, general, 11. 
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— 


TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Counsel and support from God, 13, 97. 

Courage in death, 13. 

Covenant made with Christ in the person of David, 68. 

Creation and Providence, 28, 84, 109, 110, 121, 148. 

Creatures, no trust in them, and God all-sufficient; 28, p. i. 5 

ie eB 
— praising God, 122. 

David, in his sufferings, deliverances, kingdom, &c., a type of 
Christ, 2, 14, 17, 34, 39, 45, 54, 56, 68, 89, 96, 106. (See 
Christ.) 

Death, courage in, 13, 18, ver. 4, 

— deliverance from, 26, 96. 
— of Christ, 17, 54. 

— of saints and sinners, 31. 
— the effect of sin, 69. 

Defence and salvation in God, 3, 14, 98 

Delaying sinners warned, 74, verse 7. 

Delight in God, 14, 36, 37, 49, 57, 63. 

Deliverance begun and perfdcted, 64. 

~— from despair, 14. 
— from deep distress, 29, 34. 
— from death, 26, 96. 
— from oppression and falsehood, 46. 
— from persecution, 5, 73. 
— from slander, 5, 26. 
.— from shipwreck, 87, p. il. 
— by prayer, 29, 34. 
Desertion and distress of soul, 10, 32, 115. 
Desire of knowledge, 97, p. v 
— of holiness, 97, p. v. 
— .of comfort and succor, 97, p. v. ver. 6, &c. 
— of quickening grace, 97, p. iv. 
Desolations, the church safe in them, 40. 
' Devotion, 108. 
— in sickness, 6, 33. 

Direction prayed for, 20. 

Distress relieved, 29, 34, 104. 

Divinity of Christ, 39, 89. 

Dominion of man, 7, verses 5, 6. 

Doubts and fears suppressed, 3, 26, 36, 37. 

Easter-Eve, Psalms proper for, 13, ver. 3, &c.; 34, verses 1. 2. 

Easter, Psalms proper for, 2, verse 2 to the end; 25.47; 96. 

Education, religious, 29, p. i1.; 60, verses 3, &e. ; : 91, p. il. 

End of righteous and wicked, 1, 31. 

Enemies of Christ and the Church, (typified by the enemies 
of David and Israel,) 14, 59. (See Christ, Chia 
David.) 

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TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Envy and unbelief cured, 31. 

Epiphany, season of, Psalms proper for, 17, p. ili. ver. 6, &c. ; 
39, 42, 52, 56, 66, 77. (See Gentiles, Kingdom of 
Christ.) 

Equity and wisdom of Providence, 8. 

Evening Psalm, 63, last stanza. 

Evidences of grace, 12, 21. 

Exzaltation of Christ, 2, 7, 56, 89. 

Examination, 113, last verse. 

Faith in divine power and mercy, 47, 48, 104 

Faithfulness of God, 68 85, 90, 117, 118, 419. 

Family love and worship, 115. 

Fear in the worship of God, 68, verse 7, &c., 78. 

— and reverence of God, § 28,, ped: last ver. 103, (See God, 
his power and majesty. } 

Fears and doubts suppressed, 3, 26, 29, 36, 37. 

Forma! worship, 43, p. i. 

Forgiveness of sin prayed for, 32, 44. (See Penitential, 
Pardon.) 

Frailty:of man, 33, 69, 116. 

Fretfulness discouraged, 31. 

Friendship, its blessings, 107. 

Funeral, Psalms proper for, 33, 69, 116, verse 2. 

Gentiles given to Christ, 2, 17, p. iit. last five verses; 56. 

— gathered into the Church, 39, 41, 52, 66, 75. 
— owning the true God, 50, p. 1. ver. 2; 52, 75, 77. 

Glorification of Christ in his human nature, cf 

Glory of Christ, 39. 

— and grace promised, 63, 76, last three verses. 
God, his greatness and clory, H 
— his perfections and providence extolled, 30, 50, p. li.3 


vies Tramiel 
— his goodness, &c., $1, 82, 117, p. 1. ver. 6, &c, ; 121. 
— his omniscience, 113. 7 


— his omnipresence, 113. 
— his omnipotence, 53, 68, verse 6, &c. ; 72, 75. 
— his justice, 30, verse 2; 71, last verse, 
— hissovereignty and goodness, 7, 92, 116. 
— his compassion, 82, 117, p.i. ver. 6, &c., and p. il. ; 118, 
ver. 5, &c. 
— his care of the saints, 3, 29. 
— our defence and salvation, 3, 28, y: ii. ; 93. 
— eternal, &c. 72. 
— eternal and man mortal, 69, 80, p. i. 
— faithfulness, 68, 90,117,118. : 
— goodness and mercy, $1, 82, 117, 118. 
— goodness and truth, 117, 118, 119, 
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TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


) 
Ss 
A 


governing power and goodness, 51. 
greatness and goodness, 63, 116, 117, 118, 121. 
the Judge, 8, ver. 3; 43, 76, 77, last verse. 
his majesty, 49, 76. 
his condescension, 92. 
mercy and truth, 30, 82, 110, 117, 118. 
made man, 7, verse 5, &c. 
his perfections extolled, 30, 90, 117,118, 119, 120, 121. 
our portion, 4, 57. 
his power and majesty, 53, 68, ver. 6, &c. 3 72, 75. 
‘ our preserver, 98, 112. 
present in his Church, 40, 63. 
our Shepherd, 18. 
our support and comfort, 73, p. ii. 
supreme governor, 74. 
his vengeance and cnmpassion, 53, 75. 
unchangeable, 68, 90. 
worthy ‘of all praise, 117, 118, 119, 120, 124. 
Good-Friday, Psalms proper for, 17, 34, 45, 54... (See Christ, 
his sufferings and death.) 
Good Works, 4, 12, 86, verse 3, &c.; 91, 97. 
Goodness of God celebrated, 81, 82, 121. (See God.) 
Gospel, its blessings, glory, and success, 15, 39, 68, 77, 89, 90. 
Grace, prayed for, 20, 36, 37, 38. 
— its evidences, 21. 
— without merit, 27. 
— of Christ, 39, 56. ‘ 
— and providence, 28, 30, 109, 110. 
— preserving and restoring, 27, 31, p. i1.; 101, 112. 
— and glory, 63, last two verses ; 07, last three verses. 
— pardoning, quickening, and sanctifying veoh pe 
Will. x: 
Greatness of God, and his goodness, 53, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121. 
Guilt of conscience removed, 27, 44, 104. 
Harvest, 50, p. ii. ; 121, verse 6, &c. 
Health, sickness and recovery, 6, 25, 32, 33, 69, 80, p.1.; 94. 
Hearing of prayer, 4, 50, p. i.; 51, poy; 80, por 
Heart, known to God, 113. 
Heaven, 13, 19, verse 3, &c. ; 76, verse 5. 
Holiness, 4, 12, 19, verse 4, &c.; 86, verse 3, &c.; 91, 97. 
Holy Spirit, supplication for, 36, 37, 44, verse 9,&c. (See 
grace.) 
Hope and trust in God, 3, 13, 14, 22, 26, 40, 46, 48, 55, 65, 93, 
ver. 3, &c, 3,101, 
Humiliation, day of, Psalms proper for. (See Penitential 
Psalms.) 
Humility, profession of, 105. 


SigCe SE ees 


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TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Hypocrites and hypocrisy, 43, p. ii. 

Incarnation of Christ, 34, verse 6, &c. 

Instruction, spiritual, 20, verse 3; 29, p. il.; 97. 

Institution of a minister; 99, 106, 107, 

Instructive Psalms, displaying the different characters and 
ends of good and bad men, 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20, 27, 
29, 30, 31, 43, 57; 63, ‘70,71; 735:91,.97, 98,.101,.108, 
103, 107. 

Intercession, Psalms of, 16, 52, 99, last four verses ; 106. 

Judgment, day of, 1, last three verses; 43, p.i.; 75, last stanza ; 
76, 77, last verse. (See Advent.) 

Justice of God. (See God, his perfections.) 

Justification from the free grace of God, 27, 104. 

Kingdom of Christ, 2, 56, 66, 68, 89, 106. (See Chiat, Epi- 
phany.) bd 

Knowledge, ae ramit desired, 97, ver. 5, &c.3 p. V., p. XVil. 
&c. 


Law of God, its excellence, consolations, delight in it, &c., 15, 
97, Pp. 1, P. V-», P-cell. Pp. KVE. 
Lent, Psalms proper ‘for. (See Penitential Psalms.) 
Liberality to the poor, 35, first three verses ; 91, verse 3, &c. 
Life, its shortness and frailty, 33, 69. 
— uncertainty of, 33. 
Longing after God, 36, 37, 49. 
Lord’s day, 49, first three stanzas; 74, 75, 79, 96, verse 12 to 
the end. 
Love to our neighbor, 12. 
— brotherly, 107. 
Majesty of God, 53. (See God.) 
_ Man, his domitton: 7, verse 5, &c. 
— his mortality, 33, 69, p.i.; 86, p.i. 
NVation’s safety is the Church, 42, 
National deliverance, 59, 100. 
— desolations, the Church and people of God safe in them, 
40, 
Obedience, sincere, 27, last two verses; 113, last verse. 
Old Age 69, p.i. verses 9, 10. 
Omnipresence of God, 113. (See God.) 
Omnipotence of God, 68, verse 6, and following. (See God.) 
Omniscience of God, 113. (See God.) 
Pardon, mercy, aid grace prayed for, 6, 20, 27, 44, 64, 104, 
107. (See Penitential Psalms, Repentance.) 
Passion-week, Psalms proper for, 17, 45,54. (See Christ, his 
sufferings and death.) 
Patience under afflictions and persecutions, 31, 33, 104. 
Peace and holiness, urged, 29, p. il. 
— return of, after war, 77, 96. 
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TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Penitential Psalms, 6, 27, 32, 44, 80, p. 1,3 104, 115. 
Perfections of God extolled, 30, 90, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121. 
(See God.) 
Persecution, prayer in the time of, 55, 115. 
— courage in time of, 40, 73, p. i. 
— deliverance from, 8, 73, p. ii. 
Pestilence, preservation in it, 70. 
Piety, instruction in, 29, p. i. 
Poor, charity to. (See Almsgiving.) 
Portion, God our, 4, last three verses ; 57. 
Power of Christ, 39. 
— of God, 63,68. (See God.) 
Praise, Psalms of, 51, 79, 81; 82, 90, 112, 117, 118, 119, 120. 
— for creation and providence, 28, 83. 
— from all creatures 122. 
— for temporal blessings, 53, 120. 
— for eminent deliverances, 29, 96 
— for the victories by which God effected our redemption, 
17, 
— for health restored, 25, 94. 
— for hearing prayer, 51, last three verses. 
— tothe Messiah, 3%. 
— from all nations, 95. 
— for protection, grace, and truth, 47 
— for rain, 50, p. il. 
Prayer, 4, 50. 
— in time of war, 16. 
Preservation, daily, 98. 
— intime of public danger and calamity, 49, 70, 91, last 
verse. 
— from sin and its punishments, 15, p. i. ver.'7 ; 20, 23, 34. 
Preserver. (See God.) 
Priestly office of Christ, 89. 
Propagation of the Gospel, 39, 41, 53, 56, 117, 118. 
Prophetical Psalms, 2, 13, 17, 34,39, 53, 56, 66, 96. 
Prosperous sinners, their fearful end, 31. 
Protection of God, extended to the righteous, 29, ver. 4, &c. 3 
dlewiOs LOW 
Providence, its wisdom and equity, 8, last verse ; 75, 76. 
— and grace, 30, 121. 
— in the works of creation, 28, 50, p. ii.; 68, 84, $7, 109, 
110, 121. 
Punishment of sinners. (See Prosperous sinners, Sinners 
warned.) 
Qualifications of a Christian, 12, 19. , 
Quickening grace. (See Grace.) 
Rain, 50, p. ii.; 121, p. i. verse 6. 
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TABLE OF SUBJECTS. 


Redemption, the mercies of, celebrated, 81, 82, 87, p. i. 

Recovery from sickness. (See Sickness. ) 

Relative duties, 12, 107. 

Religious education. (See Education.) 

Renovation, 44, verse 6, &c.; 97, p.v. (See Grace.) 

Repentance, relative to, 6, 27, 32, 44, 80, p. i. ; 104, 115. 

Resignation, 33, 105, 

Restoring grace, 18, verse 3. (See Grace.) 

Resurrection of Christ and of the saints predicted, 13, verse 3, 
&c , 25, 96, verse 11, &c. (See Christ, Easter-Eve, 
Easter.) 

Reverence in worship. (See Worship.) 

Righteous, character of, 12. (See Holiness.) 

— protected by God, 29, verse 4, &c. 5 31, 70. 
— blessings promised to, 1, 27, last verse; 103. (See Saints.) 

Righteousness of Christ, trusted in, 55. 

— from God, 55. 

Safety in danger, 70. (See Preservation.) 

Saints, character of, 12, 19. 

— protection promised to, 29, verse 4, &c.; 31, 70, 101. 
— blessings promised to, 4, 27, 71, verses 8, 9; 103. 

Salvation, and eternal joys, 13, 19, 23, 30, 43, p. i, third 
stanza; 48, 63, 64, 66, 76. 

Scripture, excellence of, 15, 97. 

Seasons of the year, 50, p. 11.3 121 

Self-examination, 21, 113, last verse ‘ 

Shepherd. (See God.) 

Sincerity, 21, 113, last verse. 

— proved and yewarded, 14, p. ih. 

Sickness, 6, 25, 32, 33, 94. 

Sin, confession of, 27, 32,44, 104) 115. (See Penitential 
Psalms, Repentance. ) 

Sinners warned, 74, last verse. 

— punished, 1, verse 4, &c., 9, 31 

Slander, deliverance from it, 26. 

Sovereignty of God. (See God.) 

Spirit. (See Grace, Holy Spirit.) 

Spiritual enemies overcome, 3, 14, 

Submission. (See Resignation.) 

Sufferings of Christ, 17, 35, 45, 54. 

Sunday. (See Lords Day. ) 

Support and counsel from God, 13, ver 1. 45, last ver. ; '73, p. ii. 

Temporal business and comfor ts, blessings on, prayed for, 102. 

Temptations overcome, 3, 14. 

Thanksgiving. (See Praise.) 

Thunder and storm, 24, verse 3, &c 

Trinity Sunday, Psalms proper for, 39, 41, 89. 

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Trust in God. (See Hope.) 
— increatures vain, 48, 120. 
Truth of God celebrated, 117, 118, 120. 
Unbelief and envy cured, 31. 
Unchangeable, God. (See God.) 
Unity, advantages of, celebrated, 107. 
Vanity of man, 33, 69, verse 3, &c. 
War, Psalms in time of, 14, 16, 40. 
Watchfulness, 15, p. 11. last three verses ; 33, 46, 114. 
Whit-Sunday, 42, 53, 117,118. (See Grace, Holy Spirit.) 
Wickedness of man, 11, 44. 
Winter and summer, 121. 
Works of Creation, Providence, and Grace, 15, 121. (See 
Creation, Providence, Grace.) 
Worship and order of the Church, 42. 
— delight mm it, 63, 68, 78. 
— public, 49, 63, 74, 79, 99, 106. 
Zeal, prayer, for, 97, p. il. verse 2, &c. 
Zion. (See Church.) 


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HYMNS. 


X. Hhe Woly Scriptures. 
HYMN 1. C.M. 


G REAT God, with wonder and with praise 

JT On all thy works [ look ; 

But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, 
Shine brightest in thy book. 


2 The stars that in their courses roll, 
Have much instruction given ; 

But thy good word informs the soul 
How I may soar to heaven. 


3 The fields provide me food, and show 
The goodness of the Lord ; 

But fruits of life and glory grow 
In thy most holy word. 


4 Here are my choicest treasures hid, 
Here my best comfort lies; 
Here my desires are satisfied, 


And here my hopes arise. 


5 Lord, make me understand thy law, 
Show what my faults have been; 

And from thy Gospel let me draw 
Pardon for all my sin. 


6 Here would I learn how Christ has died 
To save my soul from hell; 

Not all the books on earth beside, 
Such heavenly wonders tell. 


7 Then let me love my Bible more, 
And take a fresh delight, 
By day to read these wonders o’er, 
And meditate by night. 
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HYMNS. 
HYMN 2. C. M. 


Hae of mercies! in thy word 
What endless glory shines! 
For ever be thy Name adored 

For these celestial lines. 


2 Here may the wretched sons of want 
Exhaustless riches find ; 

Riches above what earth can grant. 
And lasting as the mind. 


3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
And yields a free repast ; 

Sublimer sweets than nature knows 
Invite the longing taste 


4 Here the Redeemer’s welcome voice 
Spreads heavenly peace around; 
And life and everlasting joys 
Attend the blissful sound. 


5 O may these heavenly pages be 
My ever dear delight ; 

And still new beauties may I see, 
And still increasing light. 


6 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, 
Be thou for ever near ; 

‘Teach me to love thy sacred word, 
And view my Saviour there, “x 





3H. Creation. Py 
HYMN 3 C. M. 


Ces first of beings! mighty Lord 
Of all this wondrous frame ! 

Produced by thy creating word, 
The world from nothing came. 


2 Thy voice sent forth the high command, 
”Twas instantly obey’d: 
And through thy goodness all things stand 
Which by thy power were made. 
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HYMNS. 


3 Lord, for thy glory shine the whole; 
They all reflect thy light ; 

For this, in course the planets roll, 
And day succeeds the night. 


4 For this, the sun dispenses heat 
And beams of cheering day ; 

And distant stars, in order set, 
By night thy power display. 


5 For this, the earth its produce yields ; 
For this, the waters flow ; 

And blooming plants adorn the fields, 
And trees aspiring grow. 


6 Inspired with praise, our minds pursue 
This wise and noble end; 

That all we think, and all we do, 
Shall to thine honor tend. 


HYMN 4. C.M. 
Genesis i. 
RS heaven arise, let earth appear, 
Proclaim’d th’ Eternal Lord: 
The heaven arose, the earth appear’d, 
At his creating word. 


2 But formless was the earth, and void, 
Dark, sluggish, and confused ; 

Till o'er the mass the Spirit moved, 
And quickening power diffused. 


3 Then spake the Lord Omnipotent 
The mandate, ‘‘ Be there hght :” 

Light darted forth in vivid rays, 
And scattered ancient night. 


4 The glorious firmament he spread 
To part the earth and sky; 

And fix’d the upper elements 
Within their spheres on high. 


_ 5 He bade the seas together flow ; 
They left the solid land: 
And herbs, and plants, and fruitful trees, 
Sprung forth at his command. 
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6 Above, he-form’d the stars; and placed 
Two oreater orbs of hight ; 

The radiant sun to rule the ‘day, 
The moon to rule the night. 


7 To all the varied living tribes 
He gave their wondrous birth: 
Some form’d within the watery deep, 
Some from the teeming earth. 


8 Then, chief o’er all his works below, 
Man, honor’d man, was made; 

His soul with God’s pure image stamp’d, 
With innocence array’d. 


9 Completed now the mighty work, 
God his creation view’d ; 

And, pleased with all that he had made, 
Pronounced it “ very good.” 


HYMN 5. HU. 1. 
Psalm exlvii. 
Praise from Living Creatures. 


Bree my soul, th’ exalted lay ; 

Let each enraptured thought obey, 
And praise th? Almighty’s Name: 

Let heaven and earth, and seas and skies, 


In one melodious concert rise, a Le 
To swell th’ inspiring theme. - 


2 Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound eo 
While all the adoring thrones around 
His boundless mercy sing 
Let every listening saint mt 
Wake all the tuneful soul of love, 
And touch the sweetest string. 


3 Whate’er this living world contains, 
That wings the air or treads the plains, 
United praise bestow ; 
Ye tenants of the ocean wide, 
Proclaim Him through the mighty tide, 
And in the deeps below. 
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4 Let man, by nobler passions sway’d, 
The feeling heart, the judging head, 
In heavenly praise employ ; 
Spread HIS tremendous Name around 
While heaven’s broad arch rings back the sound, 
The general burst of joy. 


HYMN 6. II. 1. 
Psalm exlviii. 
Praise from the Elements and Worlds. 


E fields of light, celestial plains, 
Where pure, serene effulgence reigns, 
Ye scenes divinely fair, 
Your Maker’s wondrous power proclaim, 
Tell how he form’d your shining frame, 
And breathed the fluid air. 


2 Join, all ye stars, the vocal choir; 
Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire 
The mighty chorus aid ; 
And, soon as evening veils the plain, 
Thou moon, prolong the hallow’d strain, 
And praise him in the shade. 


3 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode, 
Proclaim the glories of thy God ; 

Ye worlds declare his might ; 
He spake the word and ye were made, 
Darkness and dismal chaos fled, 
i A d nature sprung to light. 


4 Let every €lement rejoice ; 

Ye thunders, Durst with awful voice, 
To Him who bids you roll ; 

His praise in softer notes declare, 

Each whispering breeze of yielding aur, 
And breathe it to the soul. 


HYMN 7. L. M. 
Psalm xix. 


HE spacious firmament on high, 
With all the blue ethereal sky, 
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HYMNS. 
And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
Their great Original proclaim. 


2 Th’ unwearied sun, from day to day, 
Does his Creator’s power display, 

And publishes to every land 

The work of an Almighty hand. 


3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; 
And, nightly, to the listening earth, 
Repeats the story of her birth ; 


4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn, 
And all the planets in their turn, 

Confirm the tidings as they roll, 

And spread the truth from pole to pole. 


5 What though in solemn silence all 
Move round this dark terrestrial ball ; 
What though no real voice nor sound 
Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; 


6 In reason’s ear they all rejoice, 
And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
Forever singing as they shine, 
“The hand that made us is divine.” 





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HYMN 8. L. M. rae 


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Well may thy praise our lips employ, 
While in thy temple we appear, 
To hail thee, Sovereign of the year. 


2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, 

Thy hand supports and guides the whole: 
The sun is taught by thee to rise, 

And darkness when to veil the skies. 


3 The flowery spring at thy command 

Perfumes the air, and paints the land; 

The summer rays with vigor shine 

To raise the corn, and cheer the vine. 
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4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours 
Through all our coasts redundant stores ; 
And winters soften’d by thy care, 

No more the face of horror wear. 


5 Seasons, and months, and weeks and days, 
Demand successive songs of praise ; 

And be the grateful homage paid 

With morning light and evening shade 


6 Here in thy house let incense rise, 
And circling Sabbaths bless our eyes, 
Till to those lofty heights we soar, 
Where days and years revolve no more. 


HYMN 9. II. 3. 
Psalm xxiii. 
diets Lord my pasture shall prepare, 
And feed me with a shepherd’s care, 

His presence shall my wants supply, 
And guard me with a watchful eye ; 

My noon-day walks he shall attend, 

And all my midnight hours defend. 


2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, 
Or on the thirsty mountain pant, 

To fertile vales and dewy meads 

My weary wandering steps he leads, 
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
Amid the verdant landscape flow. 


3 Though in the paths of death I tread, 
With gloomy horrors overspread ; 

My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, 

For thou, O Lord art with me still: 

Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 

And guide me through the dreadful shade, 


HYMN 10. C. M. 
HEN all thy mercies, O my God, 


My rising soul surveys, bag 
Transported with the view, I’m lost 
In wonder, love, and praise. 
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2 O how shall words with equal warmth 
The gratitude declare, 

That glows within my ravish’d heart! 
But thou canst read it there. 


3 Thy providence my life sustain’d, 
And all my wants redrest, 

When in the silent womb I lay, 
And hung upon the breast. 


4 To all my weak complaints and cries 
Thy mercy lent an ear 

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learnt 
To form themselves in prayer. 


5 Unnumber’d comforts to my soul 
Thy tender care bestow’d, 

Before my infant heart conceived 
From whom those comforts flow’d. 


6 When in the slippery paths of youth 
With heedless steps I ran, 

Thine arm, unseen, convey’d me safe, 
And led me up to man. 


7 Thro’ hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, 
It gently cleared my way, 

And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
More to be fear’d than they. 


8 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou 
With health renew’d my face; 

And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, 
Revived my soul with grace. 


9 Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss 
Has made my cup run o’er ; 

And in a kind and faithful friend 
Has doubled all my store. 


10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
My daily thanks employ ; 

Nor is the least a cheerful heart, 
That tastes those gifts with joy. . 


11 Through every period of my life 
Thy goodness I1’]l pursue ; 
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And after death, in distant worlds, 
The glorious theme renew. 


12 When nature fails, and day and night 
Divide thy works no more, 

My ever grateful heart, O Lord, 
Thy mercy shall adore. 


13 Through all eternity, to thee 
A joyful song, I’ll raise ; 

But O! eternity’s too short 
To utter all thy praise. 


HYMN 11. Il. 1. 


Psalm xxxi. 15. 
“ My times are in thy hand.” 


OVEREIGN Ruler of the skies, 
h) Ever gracious, ever wise 
All our times are in thy hana, 
All events at thy command. 


2 He that formed us in the womb, 
He shall guide us to the tomb; 
All our ways shall ever be 
Order’d by his wise decree. | 


3 Times of sickness, times of health, 
Blighted want and cheerful wealth, 
All our pleasures, all our pains, 
Come, and end, as God ordains. 


4 May we always own thy hand, 
Still to thee surrender’d stand, 
Know that thou art God alone, 
We and ours are all thy own! 


HYMN s1202:Co M: 


Oar moves in a mysterious way 

His wonders to perform ; _ 

He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
And rides upon the storm. 


2 Deep in unfathomable mines, 
With never-failing skill, 
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He treasures up his bright designs, 
And works his gracious will. 


3 Ye iearful saints, fresh courage take ; 
The clouds ye so much dread 

Are big with mercy, and shall break 
In blessings on your head. 


4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
But trust him for his grace: 

Behind a frowning providence 
He hides a smiling face. 


5 His purposes will ripen fast, 
Unfolding every hour: 

The bud may have a bitter taste, 
But sweet will be the flower. 


6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 
And scan his work in vain: 

God is his own interpreter, 
And he will make it plain. 





EV. Revemption. 
HYMN 13. 8. M. 
Job 1x. 2-6. 


H, how shall fallen man 
Be just before his God ! 

If he contend in righteousness, 
We sink beneath his rod. 


2 If he our ways should mark, 
With strict enquiring eyes, 

Could we for one of thousand faults 
A just excuse devise ? 


3 All-seeing, powerful God ! 
Who can with thee contend ? 

Or who that tries th’ unequal strife, 
Shall prosper in the end? 


4 The mountains, in thy wrath, 
Their ancient seats forsake: 
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The trembling earth deserts her place, 
Her rooted pillars shake ; 


5 Ah, how shall guilty man 
Contend with such a God? 

None, none can meet him, and escape, 
But through the Saviour’s blood. 


HYMN 14. L. M. 
Job ix. 30-33, 


HO’ I should seek to wash me clean 
In water of the driven snow, 
My soul would yet its spot retain, 

And sink in conscious guilt and woe: 


2 The Spirit, in his power divine, 
Would cast my vaunting soul to earth; 
Expose the foulness of its sin, 
And show the vileness of its worth. 


3 Ah, not like erring man is God, 
That men to answer him should dare , 
Condemn’d, and into silence awed, 


They helpless stand before his bar. 


4 There, must a Mediator plead, 

Who, God and man, may both embrace , 
With God, for man to intercede, 

And offer man the purchased grace. 


5 And lo! the Son of God is slain 
To be this Mediator crown’d ; 

In Him, my soul, be cleansed from stam, 
In him thy righteousness be found! 


HYMN 15. L. M. 


LL glorious God, what hymns of praise 
Shall our transported voices raise : 
What ardent love and zeal are due, 
While heaven stands open to our view. 


2 Once we were fallen, and O how low! 
Just on the brink of endless woe: 
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HYMNS. 


When Jesus, from the realms above, 
Borne on the wiugs of boundless love, 


3 Scatter’d the shades of death and night, 
And spread around his heavenly light: 
By him what wondrous grace is shown 
To souls impoverish’d and undone. 


4 He shows, beyond these mortal shores, 
A bright inheritance as ours ; 

Where saints in | ght our coming wait 
To share their holy happy state. 


HYMN 16. C. M. 
ALVATION ! O the joyful sound, 


Glad tidings to our ears ; 
A sovereign balm for every wound, 
A cordial for our fears. 


2 Salvation ! buried once in sin, 
At hell’s dark door we lay ; 
But now we rise by grace divine, 

And see a heavenly day. 


3 Salvation! let thy echo fly 
The spacious earth around ; 
While all the armies of the sky 
Conspire to raise the sound. 


4 Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb, 
To thee the praise belongs ; 

Our hearts shall kindle at thy Name, 
Thy Name inspire our songs. 


Chorus for the end of each verse. 


Glory, honor, praise, and power, 

Be unto the Lamb for ever! 

Jesus Christ is our Redeemer! 
Hallelujah, praise the Lord ! 


HYMN 17. C. M. oH “ ik 


O our Redeemer’s glorious Name 
Awake the sacred song: ie 
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HYMNS. 


O may his love (immortal flame !) 
Tune every heart and tongue. 


2 His love, what mortal thought can reach ; 
What mortal tongue display ! 
Imagination’s utmost stretch 
In wonder dies away. 


3 He left his radiant throne on high, 


Left the bright realms of bliss, 
And came to earth to bleed and die ! 
Was ever love like this ? 


4 Dear Lord, while we adoring pay 
Our humble thanks to thee, 

May every heart with rapture say, 
“The Saviour died for me.’ 


5 O may the sweet, the blissful theme, 
Fill every heart and tongue ; 

Till strangers love thy charming Name 
And join the sacred song. 


HYMN 1S. - UT 2, 


Cees source of every blessing, 

Tune my heart to grateful lays: 

Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
Call for ceaseless songs of praise. 


2 Teach me some melodious measure, 
Sung by raptured saints above ; mee 

Fill my soul with sacred pleasure, ; : 
While I sing redeeming love. 


3 Thou didst seek me when a stranger, — 
Wandering from the fold of God ; 

Thou, to save my soul from danger, 
Didst redeem me with thy blood. 


4 By thy hand restored, defended, 
Safe through life thus far I’ve come; 

Safe, O Lord, when life is ended, 
Bring me to my heavenly home. 


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HYMN 19. C. M. 
Titus i. 4—7. 


Y grateful soul, for ever praise, 
For ever love his Name, | 
Who turn’d thee from the fatal paths, 
Of folly, sin, and shame. 


2 Vain and presumptuous is the trust 
Which in our works we place ; 
Salvation from a gher source 
Flows to our fallen race. 


3 ’Tis from the love of God through Christ 
That all our hopes begin ; 

His mercy saved our souls from death 
And wash’d us from our sin. 


4 His Spirit, through the Saviour shed, 
His sacred fire imparts, 

Removes our dross, and love divine 
Enkindles in our hearts. 


5 Thus raised from death, we live anew ; 
And, justified by grace, 

We hope in glory to appear, 
And see our Father’s face. 


HYMN 20. C. M. 


OW helpless guilty nature lies, 
_ Unconscious of its load: 
The heart unchanged can never rise 


To happiness and God. 


2 “The will perverse, the passions blind, 
In paths of ruin stray: 

Reason debased can never find 
The safe, the narrow way. 


3 Can aught beneath a power divine 
The stubborn will subdue ? 

’Tis thine, Almighty Saviour, thine 
To form the heart anew. 


4 ’Tis thine the passions to recall, am 
And upwards bid them rise ; 4 
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HYMNS. 


And make the scales of error fall 
From reason’s darken’d eyes. 


5 To chase the shades of death away, 
And bid the sinner live, 

A beam of heaven, a vital ray, 
’Tis thine alone to give. 


- 6 Ochange these wretched hearts of ours 
And give them life divine: 
Then shall our passions artd our powers, 
Almighty Lord, be thine. 


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HYMN 21. C. M. 


ie: to thee my soul [ lift, 

' On thee my hope depends, 

Convinced that every perfect gift 
From thee alone descends. y 


2 Mercy and grace are thine alone 
And power and wisdom too ; 
Without the Spirit of thy Son 
We nothing good ean do. 


3 Thou all our works in us hast wrought 
Our good is all divine ; | 

The praise of every holy thought 
And righteous word is thine. 


4 From thee, through Jesus, we receive 
The power on thee to call. 

In whom we are, and move, and live: 
Our God is all in all. 


HYMN: 22: itr}. 


et my soul, His wondrous love, 
Who, from yon bright throne above, 
Ever watchful o’er our race, 

Still to man extends his grace. 


2 Heaven and earth by him were made, 
All is by his sceptre sway’d ; 
What are we that he should show 
So much love to us below ! 
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3 God, the merciful and good, 
Bought us with the Saviour’s blood ; 
And, to make our safety sure, 
Guides us by his Spirit pure. 


4 Sing, my soul, adore his Name, 
Let his glory be thy theme: 
Praise him till he calls thee home, 
Trust his love for all to come 


HYMN 23. 8. M. 


A RACE! ’tisa charming sound, 
Harmonious to the ear ; 
Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
And all the earth shall hear. 


2 Grace first contrived a way 
To save rebellious man, 

And all the means that grace display, 
Which drew the wondrous plan. 


3 Grace guides my wandering feet 
To tread the heavenly road; 

And new supplies each hour I meet 
While pressing on to God. 


4 Grace all the work shall crown 
Through everlasting days ; 

It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
And well deserves the praise. 





VY. The Church. 
HYMN 24. 8. M. 


IKE Noah’s weary dove, 
That soar’d the earth around, 
But not a resting-place above 
The cheerless waters found ; 


2 O cease my wandering soul 
On restless wing to roam ; 
All the wide world, to either pole, 
Has not for thee a home. 
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3 Behold tne Ark of Gay * 
Behold the open door; © : 

Hasten to gain that dear abode, _ ¥ 
And rove, my soul, no more. a 


4 There, safe thou shalt abide, $ 
There, sweet shall be thy rest, 
And every longing satisfied, 
With full salvation blest. 


5 And, when the waves of ire 
Again the earth shall fill, . 
The Ark shall ride the sea of fire ; « 
Then rest on Sion’s hill. 


HYMN 25. §. M. 


LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, 
The house of thine abode, » 
The Church our blest Redeemer saved 

With his own precious blood. 


2 I love thy Church, O God ; 
Her walls before thee stand, 

Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
And graven on thy hand. 


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3 If e’er to bless thy sons, 
My voice or hands deny, 

These hands let useful skill forsake, 
This voice in silence die. 


4 If e’er my heart forget 
Her welfare, or her woe, 

Let every joy this heart forsake, 
And every grief o’erflow. 


5 For her my tears shall fall; 
For her my prayers ascend ; 

To her my cares and toils be given, 
Till toils and cares shall end. 


6 Beyond my highest joy 
I prize her heavenly ways, 
Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 
Her hymns of love and praise. 
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7 Jesus, thou Friend divine, 
Our Saviour and our King, 


ag Thy hand from every snare and foe 
Shall great deliverance bring. 


~ 8 Sure as thy truth shall last, 
To Sion shall be given 
The brightest glories earth can yield, 
And brighter bliss of heaven. 


HYMN 26. C. M. 


Hebrews xi. 18, 2224. 


“7 OT to the terrors of the Lord, 
The tempest, fire, and smoke: 
Not to the thunder of that word 
» Which God on Sinai spoke : 


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2 But we are come to Sion’s hill, 
The city of our God ; 

Where milder words declare his will, 
And spread his love abroad. 


3 Behold th’ innumerable host 
Of angels clothed in light: 
Behold the spirits of the just 
Whose faith is changed to sight. 
4 Behold the bless’d assembly there 


Whose names are writ in heaven ; 
Hear God, the Judge of all, declare 


Their sins, through Christ, forgiven. 


5 Angels, and living saints and dead, 
But one communion make : 

All join in Christ, their vital Head, 
And of his love partake. 


HYMN 27. S. M. 


ban pre LEST is the tie that binds 
Jn Our hearts in Christian love: 
The fellowship of kindred minds 
Is like to that above. 
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2 Before our Father’s throne 
We pour united prayers ; 

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one ; 
Our comforts and our cares. 


3 We share our mutual woes, 
Our mutual burdens bear ; 
And often for each other flows 

Thy sympathizing tear. 


4 When we at death must part, 
‘How keen, how deep the pain! 
But we shall still be join’d in heart, 

And hope to meet again. 


5 From sorrow, toil, and pain, 
And sin, we shall be free ; 

And perfect love and friendship reign 
Throughout eternity. 


HYMN 28. II. 1. 
Psalm cxxii. 
The Church in Glory. 


ITH joy shall I behold the day 
That calls my willing soul away, 
To dwell among the blest : 
For lo! my great Redeemer’s power 
Unfolds the everlasting door, 
And points me to his rest. 


2 Ev’n now, to my expecting eyes 
The heaven-built towers of Salem rise ; 
Their glory I survey ; 
I view her mansions that contain 
The angel host, a beauteous train, 
And shine with cloudless day. 


3 Thither, from earth’s romotest end, 
Lo! the redeem’d of God ascend, 
Borne on immortal wing ; 
There, crown’d with everlasting joy, 
In ceaseless hymns their tongues employ, 
Before th’ Almighty King. 
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4 The King a seat hath there prepared, 
High on eternal base uprear’d, 
For his eternal Son: 
His palaces with joy abound ; 
His saints, by him with glory crown’d, 
Attend and share his throne. 


5 Mother of cities! o’er thy head 

Bright peace, with healing wings outspread 
For evermore shall dwell: 

Let me, blest seat! my name behold 

Among thy citizens enroll’d, 


And bid the world farewell. 


HYMN 29. L. M. 
Isaiah ju. 1, 2. 
RIUMPHANT Sion! lift thy head 
From dust, and darkness, and the dead: 


Though humbled long, awake at length, 
And gird thee with thy Saviour’s strength. 


2 Put all thy beauteous garments on, 
And let thy excellence be known: 
Deck’d in the robes of righteousness, 
The world thy glories shall confess. 


3 No more shall foes unclean invade, 
And fill thy hallowed halls with dread ; 
No more shall hell’s insulting host 
Their victory and thy sorrows boast. 


4 God from on high has heard thy prayer, 
His hand thy ruins shall repair : 

Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease 

To guard thee in eternal peace. 





UX. Hestivals and Fasts. 
THE LORD’S DAY. 
HYMN 30. II. 4. 


WAKE, ye saints, awake, 
And hail this sacred day ; 
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In loftiest songs of praise a 
Your joy ful. homage pa 

Welcome the day that God ‘hath blest, 
The type of heaven’s eternal rest. 


2 On this auspicious morn 
[he Lord of dife arose ; 


‘He burst the bars of death, 


And vanquish’d all his foes: 
And now he pleads our cause above, 
And reaps the fruits of all his love. 


3 All hail triumphant Lord ! 
Heaven with hosannas rings, 
And earth, in humbler strains, 
Thy praise responsive sings: 
Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, 
Through endless years to live and reign. 


4 Great King, gird on thy sword, 
Ascend thy conquering car ; 

While justice, truth, and love’ 
Maintain thy glorious war: 

This day let sinners own thy sway, 

And rebels cast their arms away. 


HYMN 31. C. M. 
jEES is the day the Lord hath made, 


Let young and old rejoice : 
To him be vows and homage paid, 
Whose service is our choice. 


2 This is the temple of the Lord : 
How dreadful is this place ! 

With meekness let us hear his word, 
With reverence seek his face. 


3 This is the homage he requires ; 
The voice of praise and prayer, 
The soul’s affections, hopes, desires, 

Ourselves and all we are. 


4 While rich and poor for mercy call, 
Propiticus from the skies, 
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The Lord, the Maker of them all, 
Accepts the sacrifice. 


5 Well pleased, thro’ Jesus Christ his Son, 
From sin he grants release ; 

According to their faith ’tis done, 
He bids them go in peace. 


HYMN 32. S. M. 


ELCOME, sweet day of rest, 
That saw the Lord arise ; 
Welcome to this reviving breast 
And these rejoicing eyes. 


2 The King himself comes near 
To feast his saints to-day ; 

Here may we sit, and see him here, 
And love, and praise, and pray. 


3 One day amidst the place 
Where Jesus is within, 

Is better than ten thousand days 
Of pleasure and of sin. 


4 My willing soul would stay 
In such a frame as this, 

Till it is call’d to soar away 
To everlasting bliss. 


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HYMN 33. L. M. 


Aeneas six days work is done, 
Another Lord’s day has begun; 
Return my soul, enjoy thy rest, 
Improve the hours thy God hath blest. 


2 This day may our devotion rise, 

As grateful incense to the skies; 

And heaven that sweet repose bestow 
Which none but they who feel it know. 


3 This peaceful calm within the breast 
Is the sure pledge of heavenly rest, 
Which for the Church of God remains, — 
The end of cares, the end of pains. 

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4 In holy duties, let the day, : 
In holy pleasure pass away: 

How sweet a sabbath thus to spend, 
In hope of one that ne’er shall end. 


HYMN 34. IL. 3. 


REAT God, this sacred day of thine 
Demands the soul’s collected powers ; 
Gladly we now to thee resign 
These solemn, consecrated hours: 
O may our souls adoring own 
The grace that calls us to thy throne. 


2 All-seeing God! thy piercing eye 

Can every secret thought explore 5 
May worldly cares our bosoms fly, 

And, where thou art, intrude no more: 
O may thy grace our spirits move, 
And fix our minds on things above ! 


3 Thy Spirit’s powerful aid impart, 
And bid thy word, with life divine, 
Engage the ear, and warm the heart: 
Then shall the day indeed be thine ; 
Then shall our souls adoring own 
The grace that calls us to thy throne. 


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HYMN 35. II. 4. 


aR loud exalted strains, ; 

The King of Glory praise ; 

O’er heaven and earth he reigns, 
Through everlasting days ; 

But Sion, with his presence blest, 

Is his delight, his chosen rest. 


2 O King of Glory, come ; 
And with thy favor crown 
This temple as thy home, 
This people as thy own: 
Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show 
How God can dwell with men below. 
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3 Now let thine ear attend 
Our supplicating cries ; 
Now let our praise ascend, 
Accepted to the skies: 
Now let thy Gospel’s joyful sound 
Spread its celestial influence round. 


4 Here may the listening throng 
Imbibe thy truth and love 
Here Christians join the song 
Of seraphim above: 
Till all who humbly seek thy face, 
Rejoice in thy abounding grace. 


HYMN 36. L. M. 
ees: from my thoughts, vain world, begone ; 


Let my religious hours alone: 
From flesh and sense I would be free, 
And hold communion, Lord, with thee. 


2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, 
And kindles with a pure desire 

To see thy grace to taste thy love, 

And feel thine influence from above. 


3 When I can say that God is mine, 
When I can see thy glories shine, 

I’l] tread the world beneath my feet, 
And all that men call rich and great. 


4 Send comfort down from thy right hand, 
To cheer me in this barren land ; 

And in thy temple let me know 

The joys that from thy presence flow 


HYMN 37. L. M. 


M*. opening eyes with rapture see 
The dawn of thy returning day; 
My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee, 


While thus my early vows I pay. 


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HYMNS. 


Eternal King! erect thy throne, 
And reign sole monarch in my breast. 


3 O bid this trifling world retire, 

And drive each carnal thought away ; 
Nor let me feel one vain desire, 

One sinful thought, through all the day. 


4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, 
My soul shall rise on joyful wing, 
The wonders of thy love declare, 
And join the strains which angels sing. 


HYMN 38. Il. 1. 


le thy temple I repair, 

Lord, I love to worship there ; 
While thy glorious praise 1s sung, 
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue. 


2 While the prayers of saints ascend 
God of love, to mine attend ; 

Hear me, for thy Spirit pleads ; 
Hear, for Jesus intercedes. 


3 While I hearken to thy law, 
Fill my soul with humble awe, 
Till thy Gospel bring to me 
Life and immortality. 


4 While thy ministers proclaim me 
Peace and pardon in thy Name, 
Through their voice, by faith may I 
Hear thee speaking from on high. 


5 From thy house when I return, 
May my heart within me burn; 
And at evening let me say 

“T have walked with God to-day.’ 


HYMN 39. L. M. 
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HYMNS. 


O may the precious seed take root, 
Spring up, and bear abundant fruit. 


2 We praise thee for the means of grace, 
Thus in thy courts to seek thy face: 
Grant, Lord, that we who worship here 
May all, at length, in heaven appear. 


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ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, 
Fill our hearts with joy and peace ; 
Let us each, thy love possessing, 
Triumph in redeeming grace ; 
O refresh us, 
Travelling through this wilderness. 


2 Thanks we give, and adoration, 
For the Gospel’s joyfui sound ; 
May the fruits of thy salvatior. 
In our hearts and lives abound: 
May thy preseuce 
With us evermore be found. 


ADVENT. 
HYMN 41. C. M. 


ARK! the glad sound, the Saviour comes, 
The Saviour promised long: 
Let every heart prepare a throne, 
And every voice a song. 


2 On him the Spirit, largely pour’d, 
Exerts his sacred fire ; 

Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 
His holy breast i inspire. 


3 He comes, the prisoners to release, 
In Satan’s bondage held ; 

The gates of brass before him burst, 
The i iron fetters yield. 


4 He comes, from thickest films of vice 
To clear the mental ray ; 
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And on the eyes oppress’d with night, 
To pour celestial day. 


5 He comes the broken heart to bind, 
The bleeding soul to cure, 

And with the treasures of his grace, 
T’ enrich the humble poor. 


6 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, 
Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
And heaven’s eternal arches ring 


With thy beloved Name. 


HYMN 42. Il. 3. 


AIL! thou long-expected Jesus, 
Born to set thy people free ; 
From our sins and fears release us, 
Let us find our rest in thee. 


2 Israel’s strength and consolation, 
+ Hope of all the saints, thou art ; 
Long desired of every nation, 

Joy of every waiting heart. 


3 Born thy people to deliver, 

Born a child, yet God our King, 
Born to reign in us for ever, 

Now thy gracious kmgdom bring. 


4 By thine own eternal Spirit, 
Rule in all our hearts alone ; 

By thine all-sufficient merit, 
Raise us to thy glorious throne. 


CHRISTMAS. 
HYMN 43. C. M. 
Luke uu, 8—15. 
HILE shepherds watch’d their flocks by night, 
All seated on the ground, 
The angel of the Lord came down, 
And glory shone around. 
-Q “Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread 
Re Had seized their troubled mind ; 
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HYMNS. 


Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
To you, and all mankind. 


3 “To you, in David’s town, this day 
Ts born, of David’s line, 

The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord,- 
And this shall be the sign: 


4 “The heavenly babe you there shall find, 
To human view display’d, 

All meanly wrapt in swathing bands, 
And in a manger laid.” 


5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 
Appear’d a shining throng 

Of angels, praising God, who thus 
Address’d their joyful song: 


6 “ All glory be to God on high, 
And to the earth be peace ; 

Good-will, henceforth, from heaven to men 
Begin and never cease.” 


HYMN 44. C. M. 
\\ 7 HILE angels thus, O Lord, rejoice, 


Shall men no anthem raise ? 
O may we lose these useless tongues, 
When we forget to praise. 


2 Then let us swell responsive notes, 
And join the heavenly throng ; 

For angels no such love have known, 
As we, to wake their song. 


3 Good-will to sinfal dust is shown, 
And peace on earth is given ; 

For Jo! th’ incarnate Saviour comes, 
With news of joy from heaven. 


4 Mercy and truth, with sweet accord 
His rising beams adorn ; 

Let heaven and earth in concert sing, 
“The promised child is born !”? 


5 Glory to God, in highest strains, 
By highest worlds is paid ; 
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HYMNS. 


Be glory, then, by us proclaim’d, 
And by our lives display’d ; 


6 Till we attain those blissful realms, 
Where now our Saviour reigns ; 

To rival these celestial choirs 
In their immortal strains. 


HYMN 45. II. 1. 


ARK! the herald angels sing, 

Glory to the new-born King; 

Peace on earth, and mercy mild ; 
God and sinners reconciled. 


2 Joyful all ye nations rise, 
Join the triumph of the skies ; 
With th’ angelic host proclaim, 
Christ is born in Bethlehem ! 


3 Christ, by highest heaven adored 
Christ, the everlasting Lord, 

Late in time behold him come, 
Offspring of the Virgin’s womb. 


4 Veil’d in flesh, the Godhead see 
Hail th’ incarnate Deity, 

Pleased, as man, with man to dwell; 
Jesus, now Emmanuel. 


5 Risen with healing in his wings, 
Life and light to all he brings ; 
Hail the Sun of righteousness ! 
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! 


HYMN 46. 
Chorus. 


Qeede the glad tidings, exultingly sing ; 
Jerusalem triumphs. Messiah is King! 


1 Sion, the marvellous story be telling, 
The Son of the Highest, how lowly his birth! 
The brightest archangel in glory excelling, 
He stoops to redeem thee, he reigns upon earth. 
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HYMNS. 
Chorus. 


Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing ; 
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! 


2 Tell how he cometh; from nation to nation, 

The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round ; 
How free to the faithful he offers salvation, 

How his people with joy everlasting are crown’d. 


Chorus. 


Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; 
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! 


3 Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing, 
And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise ; 
Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing; ~ 
One chorus resound thro’ the earth and the skies: 


Chorus. 


Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing ; 
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King! 


HYMN 47. C.M. 
Isaiah ix, 2—7) 


bes race that long in darkness pined, 
Have seen a glorious light ; 
Fhe people now behold the dawn, 

Who dwelt in death and night. 


2 To hail thy rising, Sun of life, 
The gathering nations come ; 

Joyous as when the reapers bear 
Their harvest treasures home. 


3 For thou our burden hast removed ; 
Th’ oppressor’s reign is broke 5 
Thy fiery conflict with the foe 
Has burst his cruel yoke. 


. 4 Tous the promised Child is born ; 
To us the Son is given ; 
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Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 
And all the hosts of heaven. 


5 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, 
For evermore adored ; 

The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 
The mighty God and Lord. 


6 His power increasing still shall spread, 
His reign no end shall know ; 

Justice shall guard his throne above, 
And peace abound below. 


END OF THE YEAR. 
HYMN 48. C. M. 


IME hastens on; ye longing saints, 
Now raise your voices high; 
And magnify that sovereign love 
Which shows salvation nigh. 


2 As time departs salvation comes ; 
Each moment brings it near: 

Then welcome each declining day, 
Welcome each closing year. 


3 Not many years their course shall run, 
Not many mornings rise, 

Ere all its glories stand reveal’d 
To our transported eyes. 


HYMN 49. C. M. 
St. Luke xiii. 6—9. 


EE, in the vineyard of the Lord, 
> A barren fig-tree stands ; 
No fruit it yields, no blossom bears, 


Though planted by His hands. 


2 From year to year the tree He views, 
And still no fruit is found: 
Then ‘‘Cut it down,’’ the Lord commands, 
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3 But lo! the gracious Saviour pleads; 
“The barren fig-tree spare, 

Another year in mercy wait, 
It yet may bloom and bear: 


4 “But if my culture prove in vain, 
And still no fruit be found, 

I plead no more; destroy the tree, 
And root it from thy ground.’ 


NEW YEAR. . 
HYMN 50. L. M. 


ie God of life, whuse constant care 

With blessings crowns each opening year, 
My scanty span doth still prolong, 

And wakes anew mine annual song. 


2 How many precious souls are fled 
To the vast regions of the dead, 
Since to this day the changing sun 
Through his last yearly period run ! 


3 We yet survive; but who can say, 
“Or through th's year, or month, or day, 
I shall retain this vital breath, 

Thus far, at least, in league with death ?” 


4 That breath is thine, eternal God 
Tis thine to fix my soul’s abode ; 
It holds its life from thee alone, 
On-earth, or in the world unknown. 


5 To thee our spirits we resign, 

Make them and own them still as thine ; 
So shall they live secure from fear, 
Though death should blast the msing year. 


6 Thy children, panting to be gone, 

May bid the tide of time roll on, 

To land them on that happy shore, 

Where years and death are known no more. 
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7 No more fatigue, no more distress, Es 

Nor sin, nor hell, shall reach that place ; &s 

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No groans, to mingle with the songs 
Resounding from immortal tongues : 


8 No more alarms from ghostly foes; 
No cares to break the long repose ; 
No midnight shade, no clouded sun, 
But sacred, high, eternal noon. 


9 O, long-expected year! begin, 
Dawn on this world of woe and sin 5 
, Fain would we leave this weary road, 
Wy To sleep in death, and rest with God. 
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; A® o’er the past my memory strays, 
i\ Why heaves the secret sigh ? 
Tis that 1 mourn departed days, 
Still unprepared to die. 


2 The world and worldly things beloved, 
My anxious thoughts employ’d 5 

And time unhallow’d, unimproved, 
Presents a fearful void. 


3 Yet, holy Father, wild despair 
i, Chase from my/laborinug breast ; 
Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer, 
That grace can do the rest. 


4 My life’s brief remnant all be thine ; 
And when thy sure decree 

Bids me this fleeting breath resign, 
O speed my soul to thee. 


EPIPHANY. 
HYMN 52. §&. M. 
Isaiah li. 7—10. 
OW beauteous are their feet 
Who stand on Sion’s hill; 


Who brings salvation on their tongues, 
And words of peace reveal. 


2 How charming is their voice: 
is How sweet their tidings are: 
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HYMNS.. 


‘¢ Sion, behold thy Saviour-King, 
He reigns and triumphs here.” 


3 How happy are our ears 
That hear this joyful sound, 
Which kings and prophets waited for, 
And sought, but never found. 


4 How blessed are our eyes 
That see this heavenly light: 
Prophets and kings desired it long, 
But died without the sight. 


5 The watchmen join their voice, 
And tuneful notes employ ; 

Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
And deserts learn the joy. 


6 The Lord makes bare his arm 
‘Lhrough all the earth abroad: 

Let every nation now behold 
Their Saviour and their God. 


HYMN 53. II. 5. 
Isaiah lx., &ce. 


ISE, crown’d with light, imperial Salem, rise, 
Exalt thy towering head and lift thme eyes: 
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, 
And break upon thee in a flood of day. 


2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn, 
See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, 
In crowding ranks on every side arise, 
Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 


3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, 

Walk in thy light, andin thy temple bend: 

See thy bright altars throng’d with prostrate kings, 
While every land its joyous tribute brings. 


4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay, 
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; 
But fix’d his word, his saving power remains; 
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns. 

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HYMN 54. II. 6. 
Psalm Ixxii. 


AIL to the Lord’s Annointed, 
Great David’s greater Son; 

Hail, in the time appointed, 

His reign on earth begun! 
He comes to break oppression, 

To set the captive tree, 
To take away transgression, 

And rule in equity. 


2 He comes with succor speedy, 
To those who suffer wrong, 

To help the poor and needy, 
And bid the weak be strong ; 

To give them songs for sighing, 
Their darkness turn to light, 

Whose souls, condemn’d and dying, 
Were precious in his sight. 


3 He shall descend like showers 
Upon the fruitful earth; 

And love and joy, like flowers, 
Spring in his path to birth ; 

Before him, on the mountains, 
Shall peace, the herald, go; 

And righteousness, in fountains, 
From hill to valley flow. 


4 To him shall prayer unceasing, 
And daily vows ascend ; 

His kingdom, still increasing, 
A kingdom without end: 

The tide of time shall never 
His covenant remove ; 

His Name shall stand for ever: 
That Name to usis Love. 


HYMN 55. C. M. 


Isaiah i. 2—5. 


Ges mountain-tops the mount of God 


In latter days shall rise, 
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Above the summits of the hills, 
And draw the wondering eyes. 


2 To this the joyful nations round, 
All tribes and tongues, shall flow ; 

Up to the mount of God, they’ll say, 
And to his house we’ll go. 


3 The beams that shine from Sion’s hill 
Shall hghten every land; 

The King who reigns in Salem’s towers 
Shall all the world command. 


4 Among the nations he shall judge ; 
His judgments truth shall guide : 

His sceptre shall protect the just, 
And crush the sinner’s pride. 


5 For peaceful implements shall men 
Exchange their swords and spears; 

Nor shall they study war again 
Throughont those happy years. 


6 Come, O ye house of Jacob! come 
To worship at his shrine ; 

And, walking in the hght of God, 
With holy graces shine. 


LENT. 


HYMN 56. Itt. 1. 
Litany. 

Qa when in dust, to thee, 

Low we bow th’ adoring knee; 
When, repentant, to the skies 
Scarce we lift our streaming eyes ; 
O, by all thy pains and woe, 
Suffer’d once for man below, 
Bending from thy throne on high, 


Hear our solemn litany. 


2 By thy birth and early years, 
By thy human griefs and fears, 
By thy fasting and distress 
In the lonely wilderness, 

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By thy victory in the hour 

Of the subtle tempter’s power; 
Jesus, look with pitying eye; 
Hear our solemn litany. 


3 By thine hour of dark despair, 
By thine agony of prayer, 
By the purple robe of scorn, 
By thy wounds, thy crown of thorn, 
By thy cross, thy pangs and cries, 
By thy perfect sacrifice ; 
Jesus, look with pitying eye ; 
Hear our solemn litany. 


4 By thy deep expiring groan, 
By the seal’d sepulchral stone, 
By thy triumph o’er the grave, 
By thy power from death to save; 
Mighty God, ascended Lord, 
To thy throne in heaven restored, 
Prince and Saviour, hear our ery, 
Hear our solemn litany. 


HYMN 57. L. M. 


Y God, permit me not to be 
A stranger to myself and thee: 
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, 
Forgetful of my highest love. 


2 Why should my passions mix with earth, 
And thus debase my heavenly birth? 
Why should I cleave to things below, 
And all my purest joys forego; — 
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3 Call me away from daSrand sense , 
Thy grace, O Lord, ne td me thence ; 
I would obey the voi se divine, 

And all inferior joys resign. 
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HYMN 58. C.M.- 
LAS, what hourly dangers rise, 
What snares beset my way; 
To heaven, O let me lift mine eyes, 
And hourly watch and pray. 
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2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain, 
And melt in flowing tears: 

My weak, resistance, ah, how vain, 
How strong my foes and fears. 


3 O gracious God, in whom I live, 
My feeble efforts aid ; 

Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, 
Though trembling and afraid. 


4 Increase my faith, increase my hope, 
When foes and, fears prevail ; 

And bear my fainting spirit up, 
Or soon my strength will fail. 


5 Whene’er temptations fright my heart, 
Or lure my feet aside, 

My God thy powerful aid impart, 
My guardian and my guide. 


6 O keep me in thy heavenly way, 
And bid the tempter flee ; 

And let me never, never stray 
From happiness and thee. 


HYSIN 59.) C. MoM. 


OW oft, alas! this wretched heart 
Has wander’d from the Lord: 
How oft my roving thoughts depart, 
Forgetful of his word. 


2 Yet sovereign mercy calls, “ Return 3” 
Dear Lord, and may I come? 

My vile ingratitude I mourn ; 
O'take the wanderer home. | 


3 And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive 
And bid my erimes remove ? 

And shall a pardon’d rebel live 
To speak thy wondrous love ? 


4 Almighty grace, thy healing power, 
How glorious, how divine ; 
That can to life and bliss restore | 
So vile a heart as mine. 
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5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, 
Dear Saviour, I adore : 

O keep me at thy sacred feet, 
And let me rove no more. 


HYMN 60. L. M. 


@ THOU, to whose all-searching sight 
The darkness shineth as the light, 
Search, prove my heart; it looks to thee, 
O burst its bonds, and set it free. 


2 Wash out its stains, remove its dross, 
Bind my affections to ‘the cross ; : 
Hallow each thought, let all within 

Be clean, as thou, : my Lord, art clean. 


3 If in this darksome wild I stray, 

Be thou my light, be thou my way; 

No foes, no violence I fear, 

No harm, while thou, my God, art near. 


4 When rising floods my soul o’erflow, 
When sinks my heart in waves of woe, 
Jesus, thy timely aid impart, 

And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 


5 Saviour, where’er thy steps I see, 
Dauntless, untired, I follow thee : 
O let thy hand support me still, 
And lead me to thy holy hill. 
[See Hymns on Repentance.} 


PASSION WEEK AND Goo FRIDAY. 
HYMN 61. Ill. 4. | 
Isaiah Ixiti. 1-4. 
VV 7 HO is this that comes from Edom, 
All his raiment stain’d with blood, 

To the captive speaking freedom, 

Bringing and bestowing good ; 
Glorious in the garb he wears, 
Glorious in the spoil he bears # 

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2 ’Tis the Savi ur, now victorious, 
Travelling onward in his might ; 
’Tis the Saviour, O how how olorious 
To his peoplei is the sight! 
Satan conquer ’d, and the. grave, 

Jesus now is strong to save. 


3 Why that blood his raiment staining ? 
Tis the blood of many slain 

Of his foes there’s none remaining, 
None, the contest to maintain : 

Fall’n they are, no more to rise, 

All their glory prostrate lies. 


4 Mighty Victor! reign for ever, s 
Wear the crown so dearly won; e 
Never shall thy people, never, . . 
Cease to sing what thou hast done: 
Thou hast fought thy people’s foes; 
y Poe hast heal’d thy people’s Woes. 
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“HYMN 62. L. M ae 
wees I survey the wondrous cross, . 

On which the Prince of Glory died, . 
My richest gain I count but loss, i 


And pour contempt on all my pride. 


2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 
Save in the cross of Christ my God: 
All the vain things that charm me most, 
I sacrifice them to thy blood. yy 


3 See! from his head, his hands, his feet, 
Sorrow and love flow mingled down: 
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet? 


Or thorns ee a Saviour’s crown ? 
Nye 


4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
That were a tribute far too small ; 
Love so amazing, so divine, 
Demands my life, my soul, my all. 


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HYMNS. 
HYMN 63. C. M. 


Baa the Saviour of mankind 

Nail’d to the shameful tree ; 

How vast the love that him inclined 
To bleed and die for me? 


2 Hark how he groans! while nature shakes, 
And earth’s strong pillars bend; 

The temple’s vail in sunder breaks, 
The solid marbles rend. 


3 Tis done! the precious ransom’s paid ; 
‘Receive my soul !”’ he cries ; 

See where he bows his sacred head ! 
He bows his head and dies. 


4 But soon he’ll break death’s envious chain, 


Q 


And in full glory shine; 
O Lamb of God, was ever pain, 
Was ever love like thine ! 


HYMN 64. €. M. ~~ 


Y Saviour hanging on the tree, 
‘1 In agonies and blood, 
Methought once turn’d his eyes on me 
As near his cross I stood. 


2 Sure, never till my latest breath | 
Can I forget that look ; 

It seem’d to charge me with his death. 
Though not a word he spoke. 


3 My conscience felt and own’d the guult, 
And plung’d me in despair ; 

I] saw my sins his blood had spilt, 
And help’d to nail him there. 


4 Alas! I knew not what [ did ; 
But now my tears are vain: 

Where shall my trembling soul be hid # 
For I the Lord have slain. 


5 A second look he gave, which said, 
“T freely all forgive ; 
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HYMNS. 


This blood is for thy ransom paid, 
I die that thou may’st live.” 


6 Thus, while his death my sin displays 
In all its blackest hue— 

Such is the mystery of grace— 
It seals my pardon too. 


HYMN 65. C. M. 


ROM whence these direful omens round, 
Which heaven and earth amaze 2? 
Wherefore do earthquakes cleave the ground ? 
Why hides the sun his rays? 


2 Well may the earth astonish’d shake, . 

And nature sympathize ; | ae % 
The sun as darkest night be black: ott 
' Their Maker, hae dies ! 


3 Behold, fast streaming from the tree, 
His all-atoning blood ! 
Is this the Infinite ? ’tis He, i 
My Saviour and my God! 


4 For me these pangs his soul assail, - 
For me this death is borne ; 

My sins gave sharpness to the nail, 
And pointed every thorn. 


5 Let sin no more my soul enslave, 
Break, Lord, its tyrant chain; 


O save me, whom thou cam’st to save, 7 
Nor bleed, nor die in vain. ; a 
. 


HYMN 66. L. MI. 
St. John xix. 30. 


ITTMS finish’d; so the Saviour cried, 

And meekly bow’d his head and flied. 
’Tis finish’d: yes, the work is done, 
The battle fought, the victory won. 


2 ’Tis finish’d: all that heaven decreed, 


And all the ancient prophets said, 
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HYMNS. 


Ts now fulfill’d, as long design’d, 
In me, the Saviour of mankind. 


3 ’Tis finish’d: Aaron now no more 
Must stain his robes with purple gore ° 
The sacred vail is rent in twain, 

And Jewish rites no more remain. 


4 ’Tis finish’d: this my dying groan, 
Shall sins of every kind atone: 

Millions shall be redeem’d from death, | 
By this, my last expiring breath. 


5 Tis finish’d: heaven is reconeil’d, 
And all the powers of darkness spoil’d : 
Peace, love, and happiness, again 
Return and dwell with sinful men. 


6 Tis finish’d: let the joyful sound 

Be heard through all the nations round: 

’Tis finish’d: let the echo fly 

Through heaven and hell, through earth and sky. 


HYMN 67. L. M. 
For the Jews. 


IGH on the bending willows hung, 
Israel, still sleeps the tuneful string ? 
Still mute remains the sullem tongue, 
And Sion’s song denies to sing ¢ 


2 Awake! thy loudest raptures raise, 
Let harp and voice unite their strains: 

Thy promised King his sceptre sways ; 
Behold, thy own Messiah reigns. 


3 By foreign streams no longer roam, 
And, weeping, think on Jordan’s flood ; 
In every clime behold a home ; 
In every temple see thy God. 


4 No taunting foes the song require: 
No strangers mock thy captive chain; 
Thy friends provoke the silent lyre, _ 
And brethren ask the holy strain. 
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HYMNS. 


5 Then why on bending willows hung, 
Israel, still sleeps the tuneful string ? 

Why mute remains the sullen tongue, 
And Sion’s song delays to sing ? 


EASTER. 
HYMN 68. C. M. 


1 Cor. v. 8.—Rom. vi. 9, 10, 11. 
ee CE Christ our Passover is slain, 


A sacrifice for all, 
Let all, with thankful hearts, agree 
To keep the festival : 


2 Not with the leaven, as of old, 
Of sin and malice fed ; 

But with unfeign’d sincerity, 
And truth’s unleaven’d bread. 


3 Christ being raised by power divine, 
And rescued from the grave, 

Shall die no more; death shall on him 
No more dominion have. 


4 For that he died, ’twas for our sins 
He once vouchsaf’d to die ; 

But that he lives, he lives to God 
For all eternity. 


5 So count yourselves as dead to sin, 
But graciously restored, 

And made, henceforth, alive to God 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 


HYMN 69. IIif.-1. 


(Hiapet the Lord is risen to-day, 
/ Sons of men and angels say: 

Raise your joys and triumphs high, 
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. 


2 Love’s redeeming work is done, 

Fought the fight, the victory won: 

Jesus’ agony 1s 0’er, 

Darkness veils the earth no more. 
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. HYMNS. 


3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, 


* Christ has burst the gates of hell; 


Death in vain forbids him rise, 
Christ has open’d paradise. 


4 Soar we now where Christ hath led, 
Following our exalted Head ; 

Made like him, like him we rise ; 
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 


HYMN 70. L.M. 
Col. iii. 1, 2. 


Yé faithful souls who Jesus know, 
If risen indeed with him ye are, 
Superior to the joys below, 

His resurrection’s power declare: 


2 Your faith by holy tempers prove, 

By actions show your sins forgiven, 
And seek the glorious things above, 

And follow Christ, your Head, to heavy n. 


3 There your exalted Saviour see, 
Seated at God’s right hand again, 

In all his Father’s majesty, 

In everlasting power to reign. 


4 To him continually aspire, 
Contending for your destin’d place, 
And emulate the angel choir, 
And only live to love and praise. 


HYMN 71. C. M. 
1 Cor. xv. 20, 21, 22.—Col. in. 1. 


HRIST from the dead is raised, and made 
The First-fruits of the tomb ; 
For, as by man came death, by man 
Did resurrection come. 


2 For, as in Adam all mankind 
Did guilt and death derive ; 
So, by the righteousness of Christ, » 
Shall all be made alive. . 
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HYMNS. 


3 If then ye risen are with Christ, 
Seek only how to get 

The things which are above, where Christ 
At God’s right hand is set. 


ASCENSION. 
HYMN 72. Ji. M. 


H? dies, the Friend of} sinners dies: 
Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around 5 
A solemn darkness veils the skies ; 

A sudden trembling shakes the ‘ground. 


2 Ye saints, approach, the anguish view 
Of him who groans beneath your load ; 
He gives his precious life for you, 
For you he sheds his precious blood. 


3 Here’s love and grief beyond degree, 
The Lord of Glory dies for mien 

But lo! what sudden joys we see, 
Jesus, the dead, revives again. 


4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ; 
Up to his “Father’s court he flies ; 
Cherubic legions guard him home, 
And shout him welcome to the ‘skies. 


5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell 
How high our great Deliverer reigns; 

Sing how he spoil’d the hosts of hell, 
And led the tyrant death in chains. 


6 Say, “ Live for ever, glorious King, 
Born to redeem, instruct, and save !” 
Then ask—‘“ O death, where is thy sting 

And where thy victory, O grave ?”? 


HYMN 73. L. M. 


UR Lord is risen from the dead, 
Our Jesus is gone up on high ; 
The powers of hell are captive led, 
Dragg’d to the portals of the sky, 
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HYMNS. 


2 There his triumphal chariot waits, 
And angels chant the solemn lay: 

“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, 
Ye everlasting doors, give way.” 


3 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
And wide unfold the radiant scene ; 

He claims those mansions as his right ; 
Receive the King of Glory in. ~ 


4 “Who is the King of Glony, who?” 
The Lord that all his foes o’ercame, 
The world, sin, death, aud hell o’erthrew; 
And Jesus is the conqueror’s name. 


5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, 
And angels chant the solemn lay, 
“Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates, 
Ye everlasting doors, give way.” 


6 ‘Who is the King of Glory, who V? 
The Lord of boundless power possess’d, 
The King of saints and angels too, 
God over all, for ever bless’d. 


WHIT-SUNDAY. | 
HYMN 74. CM. 


(iehee Holy Ghost, Creator, come, 

Inspire these souls of thine ; 

Till every heart which thou hast made, 
Be fill’d with grace divine. 


2 Thou art the Comforter, the gift 
Of God, and fire of love ; 

The everlasting spring of joy, 
And unction from above. 


3 Thy gifts are manifold, thou writ’st 
God’s law in each true heart ; 

The promise of the Father, thou 
Dost heavenly speech impart. 


4 Enlighten our dark souls, till they 
Thy sacred love embrace ; 
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HYMNS. 


Assist our minds, by nature frail, 
With thy celestial grace. 


5 Drive far from us the mortal fee, 
And give us peace within ; ° 
That, by thy guidance blest, we may, 
Escape the snares of sin. 


6 Teach us the Father to confess, 
And Son, from death revived, 

And thee, avith both, O Holy Ghost, 
Who art from both derived. 


HYMN 75, C. M. 


OME, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, 
With all thy quickening powers; 
Kindle a flame of sacred love 
In these cold hearts of ours. 


2 See how we grovel here below, 
Fond of these earthly toys: 

Our souls, how heavily they go, 
To reach eternal joys. 


3 In vain we tune our lifeless songs, 
In vain we strive to rise: 

Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
And our devotion dies. 


4 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, 
With all thy quickening powers ; 
Come, shed abroad a Saviour’s love, 

And that shall kindle ours. 


HYMN 76. C. M. 


HES come, let every knee be bent, 

All hearts new joy resume; 

Sing, ye redeem’d with one consent, 
“The Comforter is come?) : 

2 What greater gift, what greater love, 
Could God on man bestow? = 

Angels for this rejoice above, 
Let man rejoice below. 


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HYMNS. 


3 Hail, blessed Spirit! may each soul 
* Thy sacred influence feel ; 

Do thou each sinful thought control, 
* And fix our wavering zeal. 


4 Thou to the conscience dost convey 
Those checks whieh we should know; 
Thy motions point to us the way ; 
Thou giv’st us strength to go. — 


TRINITY SUNDAY. . 
HYMN 77. L..M. 


HOLY, holy, holy Lord, 
Bright in thy deeds and in thy Name, 
For ever be thy Name adored, 
Thy glories let the world proclaim. 


2 O Jesus, Lamb once crucified 
To take our load of sins away, 
Thine be the hymn that rolls its tide 
Along the realms of upper day. 


3 O Holy Spirit from above, 

In streams of light and glory givea, 
Thou source of ecstacy and love, 

Thy praises ring thro’ earth and heaven. 


4 O God Triune, to thee we owe 
Our every thought, our every song; 
And ever may thy praises flow 
From saint and seraph’s burning tongue, 


HYMN 78. L. M. 
TATHER of all, whose love profound 


‘ A ransom for our souls hath found, 
_ Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
To us thy pardoning love extend. 


_ 2 Almighty Son, incarnate Word, 
- Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord, 
_ Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
Tous thy saving grace extend. 





_ HYMNS. 


3 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath 
The soul is raised from sin and death, 
Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
To us thy quickening power extend. 


4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son, 
Mysterious Godhead, Three in One! 
Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. 


HYMN. 79° o-1L..4. 


E give immortal praise 
To God the Father’s love, 
For all our comforts here, 
And all our hopes above: 

He sent his own 
Eternal Son 

To die for sins 
That man had done. 


2 To God the Son belongs 
Immmortal glory too, 
Who saved us by his blood 
From everlasting woe: ~ 
And now he lives, 
And now he reigns, 
And sees the fruit 
Of all his pains. 


3 To God the Spirit, praise 
And endless worship give 
Whose new-creating power 
Makes the dead sinner live 
His work completes 
The great design, 
And fills the soul 
With joy divine. 


4 Almighty God, to thee 
Be endless honors done ; 

The sacred Persons Three, 
The Godhead only One ; 


HYMNS. 


Where reason fails 
With all her powers, 

There faith prevails, 
And love adores. 


FAST-DAY. 
HYMN 80. C. M. 


yay dole Lord, before thy throne 
£\. Thy mourning people bend: , 
’Tis on thy pardoning grace alone, 

Our prostrate hopes depend. 


2 Dark judgments, from thy heavy hand, 
Thy dreadful power display ; 

Yet mercy spares our guilty land, 
And still we live to pray. 


3 How changed, alas! are truths divine, 
For error, guilt, and shame ; 

What impious numbers, bold in sin, 
Disgrace the Christian name. 


4 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord, 
Convert us by thy grace ; 

Then shall our hearts obey thy word, 
And see again thy face. 


5 Then, should oppressing foes invade, 
We will not sink in fear ; 

Secure of all-sufficient aid, 
When God, our God, is near. 


HYMN 81. IiIl. 3. 


READ Jehovah, God of nations, 
From thy temple in the skies, 
Hear thy people’s supplications, 
Now for their deliverance rise: 


2 Lo! with deep contrition turning, 
Humbly at thy feet we bend: 
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning, 
Hear us, spare us, and defend. 
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HYMNS. 


3 Though our sins, our hearts confounding, 
Long and loud for vengeance call, 

Thou hast mercy more abounding, 
Jesus’ blood can cleanse them all, 


4 Let that love veil our transgression, 
Let that blood our guilt efface: 

Save thy people from oppression, 
Save from spoil thy holy place. 


HYMN. 82. L. M 
Prayer and Hope of Victory. 


OW may the God of grace and power, 
Attend his people’s humble cry ; 
Defend them:in the needful hour, 
And send deliverance from on high. 


2 In his salvation is our hope ; 
And in the Name of Israel’s God, 
Our troops shall lift their banners up 
Our navies spread their flags abroad. 


3 Some trust in horses train’d for war, 
And some of chariots make their boasts ; 
Our surest expectations are 
From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts. 


4 Then save us, Lord, from slavish fear, 
And let our trust be firm and strong 
Till thy salvation shall appear, 
And hymns of peace conclude our song. 


THANKSGIVING DAY. 
HYMN 83. 
PAR Del? 11. 2h 


paren to God, immortal praise, 

For the love that crowns our days, 

Bounteous source of every joy, 

Let thy praise our tongues employ: 

All to thee, our God, we owe, 

Source whence all our blessings flow. | 
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HYMNS. 
2 All the blessings of the fields, 
All the stores the garden yields, 
Flocks that whiten all the plain, 
Yellow sheaves of ripen’d grain : 
Lord, for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


3 Clouds that drop their fattening dews, 
Suns that genial warmth diffuse, 

All the plenty summer pours, 

Autumn’s rich o’erflowing stores: 

Lord, for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


4 Peace, prosperity, and health, 

Private bliss and public wealth, 
Knowledge, with its gladdening streams, 
Pure religion’s holier beams: 

Lord for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


PART II. Ill. 2. 


5 YET, should rising whirlwinds tear 
From its stem the ripening ear ; 
Though the sickening flock should fall, 
And the herd desert the stall: 

Still to thee our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


6 Should thine alter’d hand restrain 
The early and the latter rain, 

Blast each opening bud of joy, 

And the rising year destroy: 

Still to thee our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


7 Life and grace, whate’er our woe, 
Still to thee, our God, we owe; 
Though of early hopes bereft, 

Yet our hope to heaven is left ; 

And for these our souls shall raise 
Grateful vows and solemn praise. 


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HYMNS. 


HYMN 84. C. M. 


OUNTAIN of mercy, God of love, 
How rich thy bounties are : 
The rolling seasons, as they move, 
Proclaim thy constant care. 


2 When in the bosom of the earth 
The sower hid the grain, 

Thy goodness mark’d its secret birth, 
And sent the early rain. 


3 The spring’s sweet influence, Lord, was thine, 
The plants n beauty grew; 

Thou gav’st the summer’s suns to shine, 
The mild refreshing dew. 


4 These various mercies from above 
Matured the swelling grain ; 

A kindly harvest crowns thy love, 
And plenty fills the plain. 


5 We own and bless thy gracious sway: 
Thy hand all nature hails ; 

Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, 
Summer nor winter fails. 


HYMN 85). L. M. 
For Public Mercies and Deltverances. 


(ALVATION doth to God belong, © 
His power and grace shall be our song ; 
From him alone all mercies flow, 
His arm alone subdues the foe. 


2 Then praise this God, who bows his ear 
Propitious to his people’s prayer ; 

And though deliverance he may stay, 

Yet answers still in his own day. 


3 O may this goodness lead our land, 

Still saved by thine Almighty hand 

The tribute of its love to bring 

To thee, our Saviour and our King: 
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HYMNS. 


4 Till every public temple raise 

A song of triumph to thy praise ; 
And every peaceful, private home, 
To thee a temple shall become. 


5 Still be it our supreme delight 
To walk as in thy glorious sight, 
Still in thy precepts and thy fear, 
Till life’s last hour, to persevere. 





VEX. Ordinances and Spectal Occasions, 
BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 
HYMN 86. III. 3. 


AVIOUR, who thy flock art feeding, 
With the shepherd’s kindest care, 
All the feeble gently leading, 
While the lambs thy bosom share ; 


2 Now, these little ones receiving, 
Fold them in thy gracious arm ; 

There, we know, thy word believing, 
Only there, secure from harm. 


3 Never from thy pasture roving, 
Let them be the Lion’s prey ; 
Let thy tenderness, so loving, 
Keep them all life’s dangerous way. 


4 Then, within thy fold eternal, 
Let them find a resting-place ; 

Feed in pastures ever vernal, 
Drink the rivers of thy grace. 


HYMN 87. 8. M. 


HE Gentle Saviour calls 
Our children to his breast ; 
He folds them in his gracious arms, 
Himself declares them blest. 


2 “Let them approach,” he cries, 
“ Nor scorn their humble claim ; 
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HYMNS. 


The heirs of heaven are such as these, 
For such as these I came.” 


3 Gladly we bring them, Lord, 
Devoting them to thee, 

Imploring that, as we are thine, 
Thine may our offspring be. 


BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 
HYMN 88. §. M. 
Ephesians vi. 10, 13. 


OLDIERS of Christ arise, 
And put your armor on, 
Strong in the strength which God supplies 
Through his eternal Son. 


2 Strong in the Lord of hosts, 
And in his mighty power, 

Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, 
Is more than conqueror. 


3 Stand then in his great might, 
With all his strength endued 5. 
And take, to arm you for the fight, 

The panoply of God. 


4 That having all things done, 
And all your conflicts past, 

Ye may behold your victory won, 
And stand complete at last. 


CONFIRMATION. 


HYMN 89. L. M. 


HAPPY day, that stays my choice 
On thee, my Saviour and my God: 
Well may this glowing heart rejoice, 
And tell thy goodness all abroad. 


2 O happy bond, that seals my vows, 
To him who merits all my love; | 
Let cheerful anthems fill his house, 
While to his sacred throne I movee 
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HYMNS. 


3 ’Tis done, the great transaction’s done ; 
Deign, gracious Lord, to make me thine * 
Help me, through grace, to follow on, 
Glad to confess thy voice divine. 


4 Here rest, my oft-divided heart, 
Fix’d on thy God, thy Saviour, rest ; 
Who with the world would grieve to part, 
When call’d on angels’ food to feast ? 


5 High heaven, that heard the solemn vow, 
That vow renew’d shall daily hear, 

Till in life’s latest hour T bow, 
And bless in death a bond so dear. 


HYMN 90. £. M. 


ITNESS, ye men and angels; now 
Before the Lord we speak ; 
To him we make our solemn vow, 
A vow we dare not break: 


2 That, long as life itself shall last, 
Ourselves to Christ we yield ; 
Nor from his cause will we depart, 

Or ever quit the field. 


3 We trust not in our native strength, 
But on his grace rely, 

That, with returning wants, the Lord 
Will all our need supply. 


4 Lord, guide our doubtful feet aright, 
And keep us in thy ways; 

And, while we turn our vows to prayers, 
Turn thou our prayers to praise. 


HYMN 91. C. M. 
eo when devoted to the Lord, 


Is pleasing in his eyes ; 
A flower, though offer’d in the bud, 
Is no vain sacrifice. 


2 ’Tis easier far if we begin 
To fear the Lord betimes ; 
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HYMNS. 


For sinners who grow old in sin 
Are harden’d by their crimes. 


3 It saves us from a thousand snares, 
To mind religion young ; 

Grace will preserve our following years, 
And make our virtues strong. 


4 To thee, Almighty God, to thee 
Our hearts we now resign: 

’T will please us to look back and see 
That our whole lives were thine. 


TY AGN 392.2" Co, 


(), IN the morn of life, when youth 
With vital ardor lows, 

Aaa shines in all the Frirest charms 
That beauty can disclose ; 


2 Deep in thy soul, before its powers 
Are yet by vice enslaved, 

Be thy Creator’s glorious Name 
And character ¢ engraved : 


3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow Blond 
The sunshine of thy days; 

And cares and toils, in eae round 
Encompass all thy ways; 


4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age, 
With vain regret, deplore, 

And sadly muse on former joys, 
That now return no more. 


5 True wisdom, early sought and gain’d 
In age will give thee rest : 

O then, improve the morn of life, 
To make its evening blest. 


THE LORD’S SUPPER. 
HYMN 93. C. M. 
Rev. v. 9,°12, 13. 


HOU, God, all glory, honor, power, 
Art worthy to receive ; 
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HYMNS. 


Since all things by thy power were made, 
And by thy bounty live 


2 And worthy is the Lamball power, 
Honor, and wealth to gain, 

Glory and strength; who for our sins 
A sacrifice was slain. 


3 All worthy thou, who hast redeem/’d, 
And ransom’d us to God, 

From every nation, every coast, 
By thy most precious blood. 


4 Blessing and honor, glory, power, 
By all in earth and heaven, 

To him that sits upon the throne, 
And to the Lamb be given. 


HYMN 94. L. M. 


Y God, and is thy table spread, 
And does thy cup with love o’erflow ? 
Thither be all thy children led, 
And let them thy sweet mercies know, 


2 Hail! sacred feast, which Jesus makes, 
Rich banquet of his flesh and blood : 
Thrice happy he who here partakes 
That sacred stream, that heavenly food. 


3 Why are its bounties all in vain 
Before unwilling hearts displayed ? 
Was not for you the victim slain ? 
Are you forbid the children’s bread ? 


4 O let thy table honor’d be, 

And furnish’d well with joyful guests: 
And may each soul salvation see, 

That here its holy pledges tastes. 


5 Drawn by thy quickening grace, O Lord, 

_ In countless numbers let them come; 
And gather from their Father’s board, 

The bread that lives beyond the tomb. 


6 Nor let thy spreading Gospel rest, 
Tul through the world thy truth has run ; 
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HYMNS. 


Till with this bread all men be blest, 
Who see the light or feel the sun. 


HYMN 95. C. M.- 


ND are we now brought near to God 
Who once at distance stood ? 
And, to effect this glorious change, 
Did Jesus shed his blood 2 


2 O for a song of ardent praise, 
To bear our souls above : 

What should allay our lively hope, 
Or damp our flaming love ? 


3 Then let us join the heavenly choirs, 
To praise our heavenly King: 

O may that love which spread this board, 
A us while we sing: 


“Glory to God in highest strains, 
lid to the earth be peace ; 

Good-will from heaven to men is come, 
And let it never cease.” 


HYMN 96. L. M. 


O Jesus, our exalted Lord, 
That N ame in heav’n she earth ador’d, 
Fain would our hearts and voices raise 
A cheerful song of sacred praise. 


2 But all the notes which mortals know, 
Are weak, and languishing, and low; 
Far, far above our humble songs, 

The theme demands immortal tongues. 


3 Yet whilst around his board we meet, 
And worship at his sacred feet, 

’ Olet our warm affections move, 
In glad returns of grateful love. 


4 Yes, Lord, we love, and we adore, 
But long to know and love thee more; . 
And, whilst we taste the bread and wit 1, 
Desire to feed on joys divine. e t 
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5 Let faith our feeble senses aid, 

To see thy wondrous love display’d ; 
Thy broken flesh, thy bleeding veins 
Thy dreadful agonizing pains. 


6 Let humble, penitential woe, 
With painful, pleasing anguish flow: 
And thy forgiving love impart 

Life, hope and joy to every heart. 


ORDINATION, OR INSTITUTION OF MINISTERS. 
HYMN 97. L. M. 
St. Mztt. x. 


G O forth, ye heralds, in my Name, 

JT Sweetly the Gospel trumpet sound ; 

The glorious jubilee proclaim, 
Where’er the human race 1s found. 


2 The joyful news to all impart, 
And teach them where salvation lies; 
With care bind up the broken heart, 
And wipe the tears from weeping eyes. 


3 Be wise as serpents, where you go, are 
But harmless as the peaceful dove; 

And let your heaven-taught conduct show 
That ye’re commissioned from above. 


4 Freely from me ye have received, 
Freely, in love, to others give; 
Thus shall your doctrines be believed, 
And, by your labors, sinners live. 


HYMN 98. L. M. 
St. Mark xvi. 15, &c., and St. Matt. xxviii. 18, &e. 


66/10, preach my Gospel,’’ saith the Lord, 
“ Bid the whole earth my grace receive: 
Explain to them my sacred word, 
Bid them believe, obey, and live. 


2 “Tl make my great commission known, 
And ye shall prove my Gospel true, 
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By all the works that I have done, 
And all the wonders ye shall do. 


3 “Go, heal the sick, go, raise the dead ; 
Go, cast out devils in my Name; 

Nor let my prophets be afraid, 
Though Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme, 


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4 “While thus ye follow my commands, 
Pm with you till the world shail end; 
All power is trusted in my hands, 
I can destroy, and can defend.” 


5 He spake, and light shone round his head ; 
On a bright cloud to heaven he rode ; 
They to the farthest nation spread 
The grace of their ascended God. 


HY MN 992°" 5) M: 


ae Saviour, when to heaven he rose, 
In splendid triumph o’er his foes, 
Scatter’d his gifts on men below, 

And wide his royal bounties flow. 


2 Hence sprang the Apostle’s honor’d name, 
Sacred beyond heroic fame ; 

Hence dictates the Prophetic sage, 

And hence the Evangelic page. 


3 In lower forms, to bless our eyes, 
Pastors from hence and Teachers rise ; 
Who, thou with feebler rays they shine, 
Still mark a long-extended line: 


4 From Christ their varied gifts derive, 
And, fed by him, their graces live ; 
Whilst, guarded by his potent hand, 
Amidst the rage of hell they stand. 


5 So shall the bright Succession run 
Through all the courses of the sun ; 
Whilst unborn churches, by their care, 
Shall rise and flourish, large and fair. 


6 Jesus, our Lord, their hearts shall know, 
The spring whence all these blessings flow ; 
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Pastors and people shout his praise, 
Through the long round of endless days. . 


HYMN 100. L. M. 


‘ATHER of mercies, bow thine ear, 
Attentive to our earnest prayer ; 
We plead for those who plead for thee, 
Successful pleaders may they be. 


2 How great their work, how vast their charge ; 
Do thou their anxious souls enlarge ; 

Their best acquirements are our gain ; 

We share the blessings they obtain. 


3 Clothe, then, with energy divine, 

Their words, and let those words be thine; 
To them thy sacred truth reveal, 

Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 


4 Teach them to sow the precious seed, 
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed ; 
Teach them immortal souls to gain, 
Souls that will well reward their pain. 


5 Let thronging multitudes around, 
Hear from their lips the joyful sound ; 
In humble strains thy grace implore, 
And feel thy new creating power. 


6 Let sinners break their massy chains, 
Distressed souls forget their pains ; 

Let light through distant realms be spread, 
And Sion rear her drooping head. 


CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH. 
HYMN 101. -L. M. 


ND wilt thou, O Eternal God, 
On earth establish thine abode ? 
Then look propitious from thy throne, 
And take this temple for thine own. 


2 These walls we to thine honor raise, 
Long may they echo in thy praise ; 
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And thou, descending, fill the place 
_ With the rich tokens of thy grace. 


3 Here may the great Redeemer reign, 
With all the graces of his train ; 
While power divine his word attends, 
To conquer foes and cheer his friends. 


4 And in the last decisive day, 
When God the nations shall survey, 
May it before the world appear, 
Thousands were born for glory here. 


MISSIONS. 
HYMN 102. L. M. 


ESUS shall reign where’er the sun 
Does his successive journeys run ; 
His kingdom spread from shore to shore, 
Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 


2 To him shall endless prayer be made, 
And praises throng to crown his head, 
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise 
With every morning sacrifice. 


3 People and realms of every tongue, 
Dwell on his love with sweetest song 5 
And infant voices shall proclaim 
Their early blessings on his Name. 


4 Blessings abound where’er he reigns; 
The prisoner leaps to burst his chains, 
The weary find eternal rest, 

And all the sons of want are blest. 


5 Where he displays his healing power, 
Death and the curse are known no more: 
In him the tribes of Adam boast 

More blessings than their father lost. 


6 Let every creature rise and bring, 
Peculiar honors to our King ; 
Angels descend with songs again, 
And earth repeat the loud Amen. 


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HYMN 103. L. M. 
Psalm cxvii. 


ona all that dwell below the skies, 
Let the Creator’s praise arise ; 
Jehovah’s glorious Name be sung 
Through every land, by every tongue. 


2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, 

And truth eternal is thy Word: 

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
Till suns shall rise and set no more. 


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HYMN 104. L. M. 
SPIRIT of the living God, 
In all thy pleiutude of grace, 


Where’er the foot of man hath trod, 
Descend on our apostate race. 





2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love 
To preach the reconciling word ; 

Give power and unction from above, 
Where’er tke joyful soun+ is heard, 


3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light ; 
Confusion, order, in thy path ; 

Souls without strength inspire with might; 
Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 


_ 4 Convert the nations ; far and nigh 
The triumphs of the cross record, 
The Name of Jesus glorify, 
Till every people call him Lord. 


HYMN 105. IL. 1. , 
For Missions to the New Settlements in the United States. 


HEN, Lord, to this our western land, 
Led by thy providential hand, 
Our wandering fathers came, 
Their ancient homes, their friends in youth, 
Sent forth the heralds of thy truth, 
To keep them in thy Name. 
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2 Then, through our solitary coast, 

The desert features soon were lost; 
Thy temples there arose ; 

Our shores, as culture made them fair, 

Where hallow’d by thy rites, by prayer, 
And blossom’d as the rose. 


3 And O, may we repay this debt 
To regions solitary yet, 
Within our spreading land, 
There, brethren, from our common home, 
Still westward, like our fathers, roam ; 


Still guided by thy hand. 


4 Saviour, we own this debt of love: 
O shed thy spirit from above, 

To move each Christian breast ; 
Till heralds shall thy truth proclaim, 
And temples rise to fix thy Name 

Through all our desert west. 


HYMN 106. C. M. 


Isaiah xxxv. 2 
N Sion, and on Lebanon, 
On Carmel’s blooming height, 
On Sharon’s fertile plains, once shone 
The glory pure and bright. 


2 From thence its mild and cheering ray 
Stream’d forth from land to land ; ; 

And empires now behold its day ; 
And still its beams expand. 


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3 Its brightest splendors, darting west, 
Our happy shores illume ; 

Our farther regions, once unblest, 
Now like a garden bloom : — 


4 But ah, our deserts deep and wild 
See not this heavenly light; 
No sacred beams, no radiance mild 
Dispel their dreary night. 


5 Thou who didst lighten Sion’s hill, 
On Carmel who didst shine, 
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Our deserts let thy glory fill, 
Thy excellence divine. 


6 Like Lebanon, in towering pride, 
May all our forests smile; 

And may our borders blossom wide 
Like Sharon’s fruitful soil. 


HYMN 107. II. 6. 


ROM Greenland’s icy mountains, 
To India’s coral strand, 

Where Afric’s sunny fountains 

Roll down their golden sand ; 
From many an ancient river, 

From many a palmy plain, 
They call us to deliver 

Their land from error’s chain. . 


2 What though the spicy breezes 
Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s Isle ; 
Though every prospect pleases, 
And only man is vile: 
In vain with lavish kindness 
The gifts of God are strewn ; 
The heathen in his blindness 
Bows. down to wood and stone. 


3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
With wisdom from on high ; 
Shall we to men benighted 
The lamp of life deny ? 
Salvation, oh, salvation, 
The joyful sound proclaim, 
Till each remotest nation 
Has learnt Messiah’s Name. 


4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, 
And you, ye waters, roll, 
Till like a sea of glory, 
It spreads from pole to pole: 
Till o’er our ransom’d nature, 
’ The Lamb for sinners slain, 
Redeemer, King, Creator, 
In bliss returns to reign. 
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HYMN 108. L. M. 
For the Jews. 
ISOWN’D of heaven, by man oppress’, 


Outcasts from Sion’s hallow’d ground, 
Wherefore should Israel’s sons, once bless’d, 
Still roam the scorning world around ? 


2 Lord, visit thy forsaken race, 
Back to thy fold the wanderers bring, 
Teach them to seek thy slighted grace, 
And hail in Christ their promis’d King. 


3 The veil of darkness rend in twain, 
Which hides their Shiloh’s glorious light ; 
The sever’d olive branch again 
Firm to its parent-stock unite. 


4 Hail, glorious day, expected long! 

When Jew and Greek one prayer shall pour ; 
With eager feet one temple throng, 

With grateful praise one God adore. 


HYMN 109. IV. 1. 
Rev. xv. 3, 4. 


OW wondrous and great 
Thy works, God of praise ; 

How just, King of saints, 

And true are thy ways 
O who shall not fear thee 

And honor thy Name: 
Thou only art holy, 

Thon only supreme. 


2 To nations long dark 
Thy light shall be shown; 
Their worship and vows 
Shall come up to thy throne; 
Thy truth and thy judgments 
Shall spread all abroad, 
Till earth’s every people 
_ Confess thee their God. 


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HYMNS. 
FOR SUNDAY AND CHARITY SCHOOLS. 


HYMN 110. II. 4. 
Children and Congregation. 


Children. 
‘Give let onr voices join 


In one glad song of praise 
To God, the God of love, 
Our grateful hearts we raise : 


Congregation. 
To God alone your praise belongs ; 
His love demands your earliest songs. 
Children. 


2 Now we are taught to read 
The book of life divine ; 

Where our Redeemet’s love, 
And brightest glories shine: 


Congregation. 


To God alone the praise is due, 
Who sends his word to us and you. 


Children. 


3 Within these hallow’d walls, 
Our wandering feet are brought ; 

Where prayer and praise ascend, 
And heavenly truths are taught: 


Congregation. 
To God alone your offerings bring ; 
Here in his church his praises sing. 


Children. — 


4 For blessings such as these, 
Our gratitude receive ; 
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Lord, here accept our hearts, 
’Tis all that we can give: 


Congregation. 


Great God, accept their infant songs; 
To thee alone tueir praise belongs. 


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5 Lord, bid this work of love 
Be crown’d with meet success ; 
May thousands yet unborn 
This institution bless: 
Thus shall the praise resound to thee, 
Now, and through all eternity. 


HYMN 111. III. 1. 
1 LORY to the Father give, 


God in whom we move and live; 
Children’s prayers he deigns to hear, 
Children’s songs delight his ear. 


2 Glory to the Son we bring, 

Christ our Prophet, Priest, and King ; 
Children, raise your sweetest strain 
To the Lamb, for he was slain. 


3 Glory to the Holy Ghost, 

He reclaims the sinner lost; 
Children’s minds may he inspire, 
Touch their tongues with holy fire. 


4 Glory in the highest be 

To the blessed ‘Trinity, 

For the Gospel from above, 

For the word that “ God is love.?? 


3 HYMN 112. C.M. 


\ \ [HEN Jesus left his heavenlv throne, 
He chose an humble birth; 
Like us unhonor’d and unknown, 
He came to dwell on earth: ae 
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2 Like him, may we be found below, 
In wisdom’s paths of peace ; 

Like him, in grace and knowledge grow, 
As years and strength increase. 


3 Sweet were his words and kind his look, 
When mother’s round him press’d ; 
Their infants in his arms he took, 
And on his bosom bless’d : 


4 Safe from the world’s alluring harms, 
Beneath his watchful eye, 
O, thus, encircled in his arms, 
May we for ever lie. 
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HYMN 113. L. M. 


ORD, how delightful ’tis to see 
A whole assembly worship thee: | 
At once they sing, at once they pray ; 
They hear of heaven, and learn the way. 


2 | have been there, and still would 89, . 
Tis like a little heaven below ; yp 
Not all that earth and sin can say, 

Shall tempt me to forget this day. 


3 O write upon my memory, Lord, 
The text and doctrine of thy word ; , 
That I may break thy laws no more, 
But love thee better than before. 


4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine, 
Fill up this sinful heart of mine ; 

That hoping pardon through his blood, 
I may lie down and wake with God. 


HYMN 114. C. M. 


ERCY, descending from above, 
In softest accents pleads ; 
O may each tender bosom move, 
When mercy intercedes. 


2 Children our kind protection claim, - 
_ And God will well approve, 
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When infants learn to lisp his Name, 
And their Creator love. 


3 Delighted work, young souls to win, 
And turn the rising race 

From the deceitful paths of sin, 
To seek their Saviour’s face. 


4 Almighty God, thine influence shed 
To aid this blest design ; 

The honor of thy Name be spread, 
And all the glory thine. 


CHARITABLE OCCASIONS. 
BY MIN 4115, .(.dv1. 


LEST is the man whose softening heart 
Feels all anothor’s pain ; 
To whom the supplicating eye 
Is never raised im vain : 


2 Whose breast responds with generous warmth, 
A stranger’s woe to feel ; 

Who weeps in pity o’er the wound 
He wants the power to heal. 


3 To gentle offices of love 
His feet are never slow; 

He views, through mercy’s melting eye, 
A brother in a toe. 


4 To him protection shall be shown ; 
And mercy, from aboye, 

Desvend on those who thus fulfil 
The Christian law of love. 


HYMN 116. C. M. 


ICH arc the joys which cannot die, 
With God laid up in store ; 
Treasures beyond the changing sky, 
Brighter than golden ore. 


2 The seeds which piety and love 
Have scatter’d here below, 
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In the fair fertile fields above 
To ample harvests grow. 


3 The mite my willing hands can give 
At Jesus’ feet I lay ; 

Grace shall the humble gift receive, 
Abounding grace repay. 


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HYMN 117; IJifig: 


‘eee of life, all praise excelling, 

Thou, in glory unconfined, 

Deign’st to make thy humble dwelling 
With the poor of humble mind. 


2 As thy love, through all creation, 
Beams like thy diffusive light ; 

So the high and humble station 
Both are equal in thy sight. 


3 Thus thy care, for all providing, 
Warm’d thy faithful prophet’ gtongyeas 
Who, the lot of all deciding, " 


To thy chosen Israel sung: me, 


4 When thy harvest yields thee pleasure, 
Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind ; 
To the poor belongs the treasure 
Of the scatter’d ears behind: 
Chorus. These thy God ordains to bless, 
The widow and the fatherless. 


5 When thine olive plants i increasing 
Pour their plenty o’er thy plain 
Grateful, thou shalt take the blessing, 
But not search the bough again: 
Chorus. These, &c. 


6 When thy favor’d vintage flowing, 
Gladdens thine autumnal scene, 
Own the bounteous hand bestowing, 
But thy vines the poor shall glean. 

Chorus. These, &c. 


7 Still we read thy word declaring 
Mercy, Lord, thine own decree ; 
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Mercy, every sorrow sharing, 
Warms the heart resembling thee. 


8 Still the orphan and the stranger 
Still the widow owns thy care ; 
Screen’d by thee in every danger, 
Heard by thee in every prayer. 
Hallelujah, Amen. 


TO BE USED AT SEA. 
HYMN 118. L. M. 


_OD of the seas, thine awful voice 
AU Bids all the rolling waves rejoice ; 
, And one soft word of thy command 
Can sink them silent on the sand. 


2 The smallest fish that swims the seas, 
Sportful, to thee a tribute pays; 

And largest monsters of the deep, 

At thy command, or rage or sleep, 


3 Thus in thy glorious power adored 

- Among the watery nations, Lord: 
Yet men, who trace the dangerous waves, 
Forget the mighty God who saves. 


HYMN 119. IV.5. 
“Save Lord, or we perish.” 
St. Matt. viii, 25. 
HEN thro’ the torn sail the wild tempest is stream- 
ing 
When o’er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, 


Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish, 
We fly to our Maker: ‘Save, Lord, or we perish.” 


2 O Jesus, once rock’d on the breast of the billow, 
Aroused by the shriek of despair, from thy pillow, 
Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish, 

Who cries in his anguish, “Save, Lord, or we perish,’ 


3 And O! when the whirlwind of passion is raging, 

When sin in our hearts its wild warfare is waging, 

Then send down thy Spirit thy ransom’d to cherish, 

Rebuke the destroyer; “Save, Lord, or we perish.’? 
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HYMNS. 
HYMN 120. C. M. 
Which may be used at Sea or on Land. 


ORD, for the just thou dost provide, 
Thou art their sure defence 3 
Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
Their help, Omnipotence. 


2 Though they thro’ foreign lands should roam? 
And breathe the tainted air 

In burning climates, far from home, 
Yet thou, their God, art there. 


3 Thy goodness sweetens every soil, — 
Makes every country please ; 

Thou on the snowy hills dost smile, 
And smooth’st the rugged seas. 


4 When waves on waves, to heaven uprear’d, 
Defied the pilot’s art; 

When terror in each face appear’d, 
And sorrow in each heart ; 


5 To thee I raised my humble prayer, 
To snatch me from the grave: 

I found thine ear not slow to hear, 
Nor short thine arm to save. 


6 Thou gav’st the word, the winds did cease, 
The storms obey’d thy'will, 

The raging sea was hush’d in peace, 
And every wave was still. 


7 For this, my life, in every state, 
A life of praise shall be ; sige, 
And death, when death shall be my fate, 
Shall join my soul to thee. 


FOR THE SICK, 
HYMN 121. L.M, 


HEN dangers, woes, or death are nigh, 
Past mercies teach me where to fly: 
Thine arm, Almighty God, can aid, | 
When sickness grieves, and pains invade. 
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2 To all the various helps of art, 
Kindly thy healing power impart ; 
Bethesda’s bath refused to save, 
Unless an angel bless’d the wave. 


3 All med’cines act by thy decree, 

Receive commission all from thee ; 

And not a plant which spreads the plains, 
But teems with health, when heaven ordains. 


4 Clay and Siloam’s pool, we find, 

At heaven’s command restored the blind; 
And Jordan’s waters hence were seen 
To wash a Syrian leper clean. 


5 But grant me nobler favors still, 
Grant me to know and do thy will ; 
Purge my foul soul from every stain, 
And save me from eternal pain. 


6 Can such a wretch for pardon sue # 
My crimes, my crimes arise in view, 
Arrest my trembling tongue in prayer, 
And pour the horrors of despair. 


7 But thou, regard my contrite sighs, 
My tortured breast, my streaming eyes 
To me thy boundless love extend, 

My God, my Father, and my Friend. 


8 These lovely names, I ne’er could plead, 
Had not thy Son vouchsafed to bleed ; 

His blood procures our fallen race 
Admittance to the throne of grace. 


9 When sin has shot its poison’d dart, 
And conscious guilt corrodes the heart, 
His blood is all-sufficient found 

To draw the shaft and heal the wound. 


10 What arrows pierce so deep as sin? 
What venom gives such pain within ? 
Thou great Physician of the soul, 
Rebuke my pangs, and make me whole. 


11 O, if I trust thy sovereign skill, 


And bow submissive to thy will, 
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Sickness and death shall both agree 
To bring me, Lord, at last to thee. 


HYMN 122. C.M. 


On Recovery from Sickness. 
\ \ THEN we are raised from deep distress, 


Our God deserves our song ; 
We take the pattern of our praise 
From Hezekiah’s tongue. 


2 The gates of the devouring grave 
Are opened wide in vain, 
If he that holds the keys of death, 


Command them fast again. 


3 When he but speaks the healing word, 
Then no disease withstands ; 

Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, 
And fly, as he commands. 


4 If half the strings of life should break ; 
He can our frame restore, 

And cast our sins behind his back, 
And they are found no more. 


5 To him I cried, “ Thy servant save, 
Thou ever good and just ; 

Thy power can rescue from the grave, 
Thy power is all my trust.” 


6 He heard, and saved my soul from death, 
And dried my falling tears ; 


_ Now to his praise I] spend my breath, 


Through my remaining years. 


HYMN 123. L.M. 
On the same. 


Y God, since thou hast raised me up, 
Thee I’ll extol with thankful voice ; 
Restored by thine Almighty power, 
ae fear before thee [’ll rejoice. 
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2 With troubles worn, with pain opprest, 
To thee I cried, and thou didst save ; 

Thou didst support my sinking hopes, 
My life didst rescue from the grave. 


3 Wherefore, ye saints, rejoice with me, 
With me sing praises to the Lord ; 
Call all his goodness to your mind, 
And all his faithfuless record. 


4 His anger is but short: his love, 
Which is our life, hath certain stay, 
Grief may continue for a night, 
But joy returns with rising day. 


5 Then, what I’ve vow’d in my distress, 
In happier hours I now will give, 

And strive that in my grateful verse, 
His praises may for ever live. 


6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
The blest and undivided Three ; 

The One sole giver of all life, 
Glory and praise for ever be. 


FUNERALS. 
HYMN 124. C. M. 


EAR what the voice from heaven declares 
To those in Christ who die: 
Released from all their earthly cares, 
They’ll reign with him on high. 


2 Then why lament departed friends, 
Or shake at death’s alarms? 

Death’s but the servant Jesus sends 
To call us to his arms. 


3 If sin be pardon’d, we’re secure, 
Death hath no sting beside ; 

The law gave sin its strength and power ; 
But Christ, our ransom, died. 


4 The graves of all his saints he bless’d, 
When in the grave he lay ; 
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And, rising thence, their hopes he raised 
To everlasting day. 


5 Then, joyfully, while life we have, 
To Christ, our life, we’ll sing, 

“ Where is thy victory, O grave ? 
And where, O death, thy sting V”’ 


HYMN (125... GM: 


HEN those we love are snatch’d away 
By death’s resistless hand, 
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay 
That friendship must demand. 


2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, 
With awful power imprest ; 

May this dread truth, ‘I too must die,’ 
Sink deep in every breast. 


3 Let this vain world allure no more ; 
Behold the opening tomb; 

lt bids us use the present hour, 
To-morrow death may come. 


4 The voice of this instructive scene 
May every heart obey ; 

Nor be the faithful warning vain 
Which calls to watch and pray. 


5 O let us to that Saviour fly, 
‘W hose arm alone can save: 

Then shall our hopes ascend on high, 
And triumph o’er the grave. 


HYMN 126. C. M. 
Death of a Young Person. 


OW short the race our friend has run, 
Cut down in all his bloom: 
The course but yesterday begun 
Now finish’d in the tomb. 


2 Thou joyous youth, hence learn how soon 
_ Thy years may end their flight : 
Long, long before life’s brilliant noon 
May come death’s gloomy night. 
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3 To serve thy God no longer wait, 
To-day his voice regard ; 

To-morrow, mercy’s open gate 
May be for ever barr’d. 


4 And thus the Lord reveals his grace, 
Thy youthful love to gain: 

The soul that early seeks my face, 
Shall never seek in vain. 


HYMN 127. L. M. 


Death of an Infant. 


S the sweet flow’r that scents the morn, 
But withers in the rising day ; 
Thus lovely was this infant’s dawn 
Thus swiftly fled its life away. 


2 It died ere its expanding soul 
Had ever burnt with wrong desires, 
Had ever spurn’d at heaven’s control, 
Or ever quench’d its sacred fires. 


3 It died to sin, it died to cares, 
But for a moment felt the rod: 

O mourner such, the Lord declares, 
Such are the children of our God. 


DELL. Unbvitation and TWarning. 
HYMN 128. III. 1. 


INNERS, turn, why will ye die? 
God, your Maker, asks you why 

God, who did your being give, 
Made you with himself to live: 
He the fatal cause demands, 
Asks the works of his own hands: 
Why, ye thankless creatures, why 
Will ye cross his love, and die ? 


2 Sinners, turn, why will ye die? 
God, your Saviour, asks you why: 
He, who did your souls retrieve, 
Died himself that ye might live. 
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HYMNS. 


Will you let him die in vain ? 
Crucify your Lord again ? 
Why, ye ransom’d sinners, why: 


Will ye slight his grace, and die ? 


3 Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? 
God, the Spirit, asks you why: 
He who all your lives hath strove, 
Woo’d you to embrace his love. 
Will ye not his grace receive ? 
Will ye still refuse to live? 

O, ye dying sinners, why, 


Why will ye forever die ? 


HYMN 129. Ill. 1. 


ASTEN, sivner, to be wise; 
Stay not for the morrow’s sun: 
Wisdom, if you still despise, 
Harder is it to be won. 


2 Hasten, mercy to implore ; - 
Stay not for the morrow’s sun 5 | 
Lest thy season should be oe’r, 
Ere this evening’s stage be run. 


3 Hasten, sinner, to return ; 
Stay not for the morrow’s sun; | 
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn, 
Ere Salvation’s work is done. 


4 Hasten, sinner, to be blest; 
Stay not for the morrow’s sun; 
Lest perdition thee arrest, 
Ere the morrow is begun. 


HYMN 130. II. 3. 


EACE, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 
Hath taught each scene the uote of woe, 
Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan, 
And let thy tears forget to flow: 
Behold, the precious balm is found, 
. To lull thy pain, and heal thy wound. 
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2 Come, freely come, by sin opprest, 
-On Jesus cast thy weighty load; 
In him thy refuge find, thy rest, 
Safe in the mercy of thy God: 
Thy God’s thy Saviour, glorious word; 
O hear, believe, and bless the Lord. 


HYMN 131. 8S. M. 
Rev. xxii. 17—20. 


HE Spirit, in our hearts, 
Is whispering, sinner Come: 
The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims 
To all his children, Come. 


2 Let him that heareth say 
To all about him, Come: 
Let him that thirsts for righteousness", 
To Christ, the fountain, come. 


3 Yes, whosoever will, 
O let him freely come, 

And freely drink the stream of life: 
Tis Jesus bids him come. 


4 Lo, Jesus, who invites, 
Declares, I quickly come. 

Lord! even so; I wait thy hour: 
Jesus, my Saviour, come. 


HYMN 132:>°Cs Mi. 


ve humble souls approach your God 
With songs of Sacred praise ; 
For he is good supremely good, 

And kind are all his ways. 


2 All nature owns his guardian care, 
In him we live and move; 

But nobler benefits declare 
The wonders of his love. 


3 He gave his Son, his only Son, 
To ransom rebel worms; 
Tis here he makes his goodness known 
In its diviner forms. 
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4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come, 
Tis here our hopes relies ; 

A safe defence, a peaceful home, 
When storms of trouble rise. 


5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, 
The souls who trust in thee ; 

Their humble hope thou wilt reward 
With bliss divinely free. 


6 Great God, to thy almighty love, 
What honors shall we raise ! 

Not all th’ angelic songs above 
Can render equal praise. 





EX. Christian Duties and Affections 
PRAYER. 


HYMN 133. C. M. 
peer cs my soul, the mercy seat, 


Where Jesus answers prayer ; 
There humbly fall before his feet, 
For none can perish there. 


2 Thy promise is my only plea, 
With thisI venture nigh; 
Thou callest burden’d souls to thee, 
And such, O Lord, am I. m 


3 Bow’d down beneath a load of sin, 
By Satan sorely press’d, 

By war without and fear within, 
I come to thee for rest. 


4 Be thou my shield and hiding place ; 
That, shelter’d near thy side, 

I may my fierce accuser -face, 
And tell him, “ Thou hast died.” 


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5 Oh, wondrous love, to bleed and die, 
To bear the cross and shame, 
That guilty sinners, suchas I, ~ 
Might plead thy gracious Name! 
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HYMN 134. C. M 


RAYER is the soul’s sincere desire, 
_ Utter’d or unexpress’d ; 
The motion of a hidden fire, 
That trembles in the breast. 


2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, 
The falling of a tear; 

The upward glancing of an eye, 
When none but God is near. 


3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech, 
That infant lips can try ; 

Prayer the sublimest strains that reach 
The Majesty on high. 


4 Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath, 
The Christian’s native air 

The watch-word at the gates of death; 
He enters heaven with prayer. 


5 Prayer is the contrite sinner’s voice, 
Returning from his ways; 

While angels in their songs rejoice, 
And ery, “ Behold, he prays !” 


6 In prayer, on earth, the saints are one; 
They’re one in word and mind, 

When with the Father and the Son 
Sweet fellowship they find. 


7 O Thou, by whom we come to God, 
The Life, the Truth, the Way, 

The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; 
Lord, teach us how to pray. 


REPENTANCE. 
HYMN 135. L. M. 


THOU that hear’st when sinners c 
Though all my crimes before thee he, 
Behold them not with angry look, 
But blot their memory from thy book. 


2 Create my nature pure within, | 
And form my soul averse to sin: 
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Let thy good spirit ne’er depart, 
Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 


3 { cannot live without thy light, 
Cast out and banish’d from thy sight: 
Thy holy joys, my God, restore, 

And guard me that I fall no more. 


4 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, 
Thy help and comfort still afford ; 

And let a wretch come near thy throne, 
To plead the merits of thy Son. 


5 A broken heart, my God, my King, 
fs all the sacrifice I bring; 
The God of grace will ne’er despise 
A broken heart for sacrifice. 


6 My soul lies humbled in the dust ; 
And owns thy <lreadfal sentence just ; 
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 
And save the soul condemned to die. 


7 Then will [ teach the world thy ways ; 
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace: 
jl lead them to my Saviour’s s blood, 

And they shall! praise a pardoning God. 


8 O may thy love inspire my tongue, 
Salvation shall be all my.song 

And all my powers shall join to bless 
The Lord, my strength and righteousness, 


HYMN 136. L. M. 


TAY, thou insulted Spirit stay, 
Though I have done thee such despite ; 
Nor cast the sinner quite away, 
Nor take thine everlasting flight. 


2 Though I have most unfaithful been, 
And long i in vain thy grace received ; 

Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, 
Ten thousand times thy ¢ goodness grieved ; 


3 Yet, oh, the mourning sinner spare, ~ 
In honor of my great High-priest ; 
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Nor in thy righteous anger swear, 
T’ exclude me from thy people’s rest. 


4 My weary soul, O God, release ; 
Uphold me with thy gracious hand; 
Guide me into thy perfect peace, 
And bring me to the promised land. 


HYMN 137. L. M. 


Or that my load of sin were gone, 
Oh, that I could at last submit 
At Jesus’ feet to lay it down, 

To lay my soul at Jesus’ feet ! 


2 Rest for my soul I Jong to find; 
Saviour of all, if mine thou art, 

Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 
And stamp thine image on my heart. 


3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin, 
And fully set my spirit free ; 

I cannot rest, till pure within, 
Till I am wholly lost in thee. 


4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God ; 
Thy hght and easy burden prove, 

The cross, all stain’d with hallow’d blood, 
The labor of thy dying love. 


5 I would, but thou must give the power, 
My heart from every sin release ; 

Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, 
And fill me with thy perfect peace. 


HYMN 138. C. M. 
Penitential Gratitude. 


ISE, O my soul, the hours review, 
When, awed by guilt and fear, 
To heaven for grace thou durst not sue, 
_ And found no rescue here. 


2 Thy tears are dried, thy griefs are fled, 
Dispell’d each bitter care Rod 


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For heaven itself has lent its aid 
To save thee from despair. 


3 Hear, then, O God, thy work fulfil, 
And, from thy mercy’s throne, 

Vouchsafe me strength to do thy will, 
And to resist mine own: 


4 So shall my soul each power employ 
Thy mercy to adore; 

While heaven itself proclaims with joy, 
One pardon’d sinner more. 


FAITH. 
HYMN 139. Tl kee2:. 


OCK of ages, cleft for me, 
Let me hide myself in thee ; 
Let the water and the blood, 
From thy side, a healing flood, 
Be of sin the double cure, 
Save from wrath, and make me pure, 


2 Should my tears for ever flow, 
Should my zeal no languor know, 
This for sin could not atone, 
Thou must save, and thou alone ; 
In my hand no price I bring, 
Simply to thy cross I cling. 


3 While I draw this fleeting breath, _ 


When mine eyelids close in death, 
When I rise to worlds unknown, 
And behold thee on thy throne, 
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in thee. 


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HYMN 140. L. M. 
AITH is the Christian’s evidence 
Of things unseen by mortal eye; 


It passes all the bounds of sense, 
And penetrates the inmost sky. 
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2 Things absent it can set in view, 

And bring far distant prospects home ; 
Events long pass’d it can renew, 

And long foresee the things to come. 


3 With strong persuasion, from afar 
The heavenly region it surveys, 

Embraces all the blessings there, 
And here enjoys the promises. 


4 By faith a steady course we steer, 
Thro’ ruffling storms and swelling seas, 

O’ercome the world, keep down our fear, 
And still possess our souls in peace. 


5 By faith we pass the vale of tears 
Safe and serene, though oft distress’d ; 
By faith subdue the king of fears, 
And go rejoicing to our rest. 


HYMN 141. C. M. 
Rom. viii. 31—34. 


LET triumphant faith dispel 
The fears of guilt and woe: 
If God be for us, God the Lord, 
Who, who shall be our foe ? 


2 He who his only Son gave up 
To death, that we might live, 
Shall he not all things freely grant, 
‘That boundless love can give ? 


3 Who now his people shall accuse ? 
’Tis God hath justified : 

Who now his people shall condemn ? 
The Lamb of God hath died. 


4 And He who died hath risen again, 
Triumphant from the grave : 

At God’s right hand for us he pleads, 
Omnipotent to save. 


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HYMNS. 
HYMN 142. C.M. 
Dead Faith. 


ELUDED souls, that dream of heav’n, 
And make their empty boast 
Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, 
While they are slaves to lust. 


2 Vain are our fancies, vain our flights, 
If faith be cold and dead ; 

None but a living power unites 
To Christ, the living Head. 


3 The faith which new-creates the heart, 
And works by active love, i 
Will bid all sinful joys depart, 
And lift the thoughts above, 


4 God from the curse has set us free, 
To make us pure within; 
Nor did he send his Son to be 


The minister of sin. 


HYMN 143. Il. 1. 
Christ our Refuge. 


ESUS, Saviour of my soul, 
Let me to thy bosom fly, ? 

While the waves of trouble roll, 5S 

While the tempest still is high: 
Hideme, O my Saviour, hide, 

Till the storm of life is past; 
Safe into the haven guide ; 

O receive my soul at last. 


2 Other refuge have I none, 
Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; 
Leave, ah, leave me not alone, - 
Still support and comfort me: 
All my trust on thee is stay’d, 
All my hope from thee I bring: 
Cover my defenceless head 
With the shadow of thy wing. 


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HYMN 144. IV. 4. 


HY firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, 
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ; 

What more can he say than to you he hath said, 
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled , 


2 Fear not, [am with thee, O be not dismay’d, 
I, lam thy God, and will still give thee aid; 
Dil strengthen thee , help thee, and cause thee to stan 


~ Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 


3 When thro’ the deep waters I call thee to go, 
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow ; 

For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, 
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 


4 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, 
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply ; 

The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design 

Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 


5 The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose, 

I will not, I will not desert to his foes; 

That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake, 
Vil never—no, never—no, never forsake. 


HOPE. 
hy HYMN 145. 


_ se my soul, and stretch thy wings, 
Thy better portion trace ; 
ket a: from transitory things, 
Towards heaven, thy destined place : 
Sun, and moon, and stars decay, 
Time shall soon this earth remove; : 
Rise, my soul, and haste away 
- "'To seats prepared above. 


2 Cease, my soul, O cease to moum, 
Press onward to the prize ; 
Soon thy Saviour will return, 
To take thee to the skies: 
There, is everlasting peace, 
Rest, enduring rest in heaven ; Sa 
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There, will sorrow ever cease, 
And crowns of joy be given. 


HYMN 146. III. 1. 
HILDREN of the heavenly King, 


As we journey, let us sing; 
Sing the Saviour’s worthy praise, 
Glorious in his works and ways. 


2 We are travelling home to God, 
In the way the fathers trod ; 
They are happy now, and we 
Soon their happiness shall see. 


3 Banish’d once, by sin betray’d, 
Christ our Advocate was made ; 
Pardon’d now, no more we roam, 
Christ conducts us to our home. 


4 Lord, obediently we’ll go, 
Gladly leaving all below ; 
Only thou our leader be, 
And we still will follow thee. 


HYMN 147. C.M. 


HEN J can read my title clear, 
To mansions in the skies, , 
Pll bid farewell to every fear, 
And wipe my weeping eyes. 


2 Should earth against my soul engage, 
And fiery darts be hurl’d, 

Then [ can smile at Satan’s rage, 
And face a frowning world. 


3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, 
Let storms of sorrow fall ; 

So I but safely reach my home, 
My God, my heaven, my all: 


4 There anchor’d safe, my weary soul 
Shall find eternal rest ; 
Nor storms shall beat, nor billows roll 
Across my peaceful breast. 
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JOY. 
HYMN 148. C. M. 


OY is a fruit that will not grow 

In nature’s barren soil ; 
- All we can boast, till Christ we know, 
Is vanity and toil. 


2 A bleeding Saviour, seen by faith, 
A sense of pardoning love, 

A hope that triumphs over death, 
Give joys like those above. 


3 These are the joys which satisfy 
And purify the mind ; 

Which make the spirit mount on high, 
And leave the world behind. 


4 No more, believer, mourn thy lot ; 
O thou who art the Lord’s, 

Resign to those who know hm not, 
Such joy as earth affords. 


HYMN 149. 8. M 


OME, ye that love the Lord, 
And let your joys be known ; 
Join im a song with sweet accord, 
And thus surround the throne. 


2 Let those refuse to sing 
That never knew our God, 

But children or the heavenly King 
May speak their joys abroad. 


3 The God of heaven is ours, 
Our Father and our love; 

His care shall guard life’s fleeting hours, 
Then waft our souls above. 


4 There shall we see his face, 
And never, never sin ; 

There, from the rivers of his grace, 
Drink endless pleasures in. 


5 Yes, and before we rise 
To that immortal state, 
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The thoughts of such amazing bliss 
Should constant joys create. 


6 Children of grace have found 
Glory begun below: al 
Celestial fruits on earthly ground » 
From faith and hope may grow. 


7 The hill of Sion yields, 
A thousand sacred sweets £9 
Before we reach the heavenly fields, 
Or walk the golden streets. 


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8 Then let our songs abound, 
And every tear be dry ; 

We’re travelling through Immanuel’s ground, 
To fairer worlds on high. 


LOVE 
HYMN 150. III. 3. 


ORD, with glowing heart I’d praise thee 
For the bliss thy love bestows ; 
For the pardoning grace that saves me, 
_ And the peace that from it flows} 
Help, O God, my weak endeavour ; 
This dull soul to rupture raise : “y 
Thou must light the flame, or never f 
Can my love be warm/’d to praise. 


2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, 
Wretched wanderer far astray ; 

Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee 
From the paths of death away ; 

Praise, with love’s devoutest feeling, 
Him who saw thy guilt born fear, 

And, the light of hope revealing, 
Bade the blood-stain’d cross appear. 


3 Lord, this bosom’s ardent feeling 
Vainly would my lips express: 

Low before thy footstool kneeling, 
Deign thy suppliant’s prayer to bless 

Let thy grace, my soul’s chief treasure, 
Loye’s pure flame within me raise ; 


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And, since words can never measure, 
Let my life show forth thy praise. _ 


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HYMNS. 


AY MIN@oe. LLL 1. 


ORD, my God, I long to know, 

Oft it causes anxious thought ; 
Do! love thee, Lord, or no ? 
Am I thine, or am I not? 


Prayer a task and burden prove, 
Any duty give me pain, 
If I knew a Saviour’s love? 


3 When I turn mine eyes within, 
O how dark, and vain, and wild! 
Prone to unbelief and sin, 


Can I deem myself thy child? 


4 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, 
Find my sin a grief and thrall: 

Should I grieve for what I feel, 
If I did not love at all? 


5 Could I love thy szints to meet, hte 


Choose the ways I once abhorr’d, 
Find at times the promise sweet, 
If1 did not love thee, Lord ? 


6 Saviour, let me love thee more, 
If I love at all, I pray; . 

If I have not loved betore, 
Help me to begin to-day. 


PRAISE. 
HYMN 152. 


naa God of Abraham praise, 
Who reigns enthroned above ; 
Ancient of everlasting days, 

And God of love ; 
Jehovah, Great I AM, 

By earth and heaven confess’d ; 


» I bow and bless the sacred Name, 


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For ever bless’d. 
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HYMNS. 


2 The God of Abraham praise, 
At whose supreme command 
From earth I rise, and seek the joys 
At his right hand: e* 


Its wisdom, fame, and power ; 
And Him my only portion make, 
My shield and tower. 


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3 He, by himeelt hath ewgaro; . eae? 


I on his oath depend, 

I shall, on angel-wings upborne, 
To heaven ascend : 

I shall behold his face, — 
I shall his power adore, » 

And sing the wonders of his grace 
For evermore. 


4 There dwells the Lord, our King, 
The Lord, Our righteousness, 

Triumphant o’er the world and sin, 
The Prince of Peace ; 


» On Sion’s sacred height 


His kingdom he maintains, 
And glorious with his saints in light, 
For ever reigns. 


5 The God who reigns on high , 
The great archangels sing ; 
And, “Holy, holy, holy, 2 ery; 
¢y ‘Almighty King 
Who was, and is the same, 
And evermore shall be ; 
Jehovah, Father, Great I AM, 
We worship thee.”? 


6 The whole triumphant host 
Give thanks to God on high 

“Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Chest; Hs 
They ever cry ; 

Hail, Abraham’s God and mine, 
by join the heavenly lays; 

All might and majesty are ‘thine, 
And endless praise. 


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HYMN 153. IV.3. 
Psalm c. 


E joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth, 
O serve him with gladness and fear ; 
Exult in his presence with music and mirth, 
With love and devotion draw near. 


2 For Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone, 


~ Creator and ruler o’er all ; 
And we are his people} his sceptre we own ; 
His sheep, and we follow his call. 


3 O enter his gates with thanksgiving and song, 
Your vows in his temple proclaim ; 

His praise with melodious accordance prolong, 
And bless his adorable Name. 


4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good, 
And we are the work of his hand ; 

His mercy and truth from eternity stood, 
And shall to eternity stand. 


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HYMN 154. L. M. 
Psalm c. 
EFORE Jevohah’s awfnl throne, 


Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ; 
Know that the Lord is God alone: 
He can create, and he destroy. 


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2 His sovereign power, without our aid, 
Made us of clay, and form’d us men; 
And when like wandering sheep we stray’d, 
He brought us to his fold again. 


3 We are his people, we his care 
Our souls and all our mortal frame ; 
What lasting honors shall we rear, 
Almighty Maker, to thy Name ? 


4 We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, 
High as the heaven our voices raise ; 
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
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5 Wide as the world is thy command, 
Vast as eternity thy love; 

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 
When rolling years shall cease to move. 


HYMN 155. III. 1. 
Songs of Praise. 


ice of praise the angels sang ; 
Heaven with hallelujahs rang, 
When Jehovah’s work begun, 

When he spake and it was done. 


2 Songs of praise awoke the morn, 
When the Prince of Peace was born, 
Songs of praise arose when he 
Captive led captivity. 


3 Heaven and earth must pass away ; 
Songs of praise shall crown that day: 
God will make new heavens and earth 5 
Songs of praise shall hail their birth. 


4 And shall man alone be dumb, 

Till that glorious kingdom come ? 

No; the Church delights to raise 
Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise. 
5 Saints below, with heart and voice, 
Still in songs of praise rejoice ; 

Learning here, by faith and love, 

Songs of praise to sing above. 


6 Borne upon their latest breath, 

Songs of praise shall conquer death ; 
Then, amidst eternal joy, ; 
Songs of praise their powers employ. 


CONTENTMENT. 
"a HYMN 156. C. M. 


Ps IATHER, whate’er of earthly bliss 
Thy sovereign will denies, 


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HYMNS. 
Accepted at thy throne, let this 
My humble prayer arise: 


2 Give me a calm and thankful heart, 
From every murmur free ; 

The blessing of thy grace impart, 
And make me live to thee: 


3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine 
My life and death attend ; ; 

Thy presence through my journey shine, 
And crown my journey’s end. 


FY Mae od, La i. 


E still my heart, these anxious cares 
To thee are burdens, thorns and snares ; 
They cast dishonor on thy Lord, 
And contradict his gracious word. 


2 Brought safely by his hand thus far, 
Why wilt thou now give place to fear? 
How canst thou want if he provide, 
Or lose thy way with such a guide? 


3 When first before his mercy seat, 
Thou didst to him thy all commit ; 
He gave the warrant from that hour, 
To trust his wisdom, love, and power. 


4 Did ever trouble yet befall, 
And he refuse to hear thy call ? 
And has he not his promise past 
That thou shalt overcome at last ? 


5 Though rough and thorny be the road, 
It leads thee home, apace, to God ; 
Then count thy present trials small, 

For heaven will make amends for all. 


IN AFFLICTION. 
HYMN 158. C.M. 


EAR, gracious God, my humble moan, 
To thee I breathe my sighs: 
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When will the mournful night be gone # 
When shall my joys arise ? 


2 Yet though my soul in darkness mourns, 
Thy promise is my stay ; 

Here would I rest till light returns, 
Thy presence makes my day. 


3 Come, Lord, and with celestial peace 
Relieve my aching heart ; 

O smile, and bid my sorrows cease, 
And all their gloom depart. 


4 Then shall my drooping spirit rise, 
And bless thy healing rays, _ 

And change these deep complaining sighs 
For songs of sacred praise. 


HYMN 159. II. 3. 
Psalm xlii. 


A Wy panting in the sultry beam, 

The hart desires the cooling stream, 
So to thy presence, Lord, I flee, 
So longs my soul, O God, for thee ; 
Athirst to taste thy living grace, 

And see thy glory, face to face. 


2 But rising griefs distress my soul, 
And.tears on tears successive roll; 

For many an evil voice is near, 

To chide my woe, and mock my fear ; 
And silent memory weeps alone 

O’er hours of peace and gladness flown. 


3 For I have walk’d the happy round 
That circles Sion’s holy ground, 

And gladly swell’d the choral lays, 

That hymn’d my great Redeemer’s praise 
What time the hallow’d arches rung 
Responsive to the solemn song. 


4 Ah, why, by passing clouds opprest, 
Should vexing thoughts distract thy breast ? 
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Turn, turn to Him, in every pain, 
Whom suppliants never sought in vain ; 
Thy strength, in joy’s extatic day, 

Thy hope, when joy has pass’d away. 


HYMN 160. II. 3. 
A compassionate High-Priest. 


Hebrews iv. 15. 


HEN gathering clouds around I view, 
And days are dark, and friends are few, 
On Him I lean, who, not in vain, 
Experienced every human pain ; 
He feels my griefs, he sees my fears, 
And counts and treasures up my tears. 


2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
From heavenly wisdom’s narrow way, 
To fly the good I would pursue, 

Or do the ill I would not do ; 

Still He, who felt temptation’s power, 
Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 


3 When vexing thoughts within me rise, 
And, sore dismay’d, my spirit dies ; 
Then He, who once vouchsafed to bear 
The sickening anguish of despair, 

Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, 
The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. 


4 When sorrowing o’er some stone I bend, 
Which covers all that was a friend, 

And from his voice, his hand, his smile, 
Divides me for a little while ; 

Thou, Saviour, seest the tears I shed, 

For thou didst weep o’er Lazarus dead. 


5 And, oh, when I have safely past 

Through every conflict but the last, 

Still, still unchanging watch beside’. 

My bed of death, for Thou hast died: 
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Then point to realms of endless day, 
And wipe the latest tear away. 


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HYMN 161. L. M. 
~ Sanctified Affliction. 


ORD, unafilicted, undismay’d, 
In pleasure’s path how long I stray’d: 
But thou hast made me feel thy rod, 
And turn’d my soul to thee, my God. 


2 What though it pierced my fainting heart, 
I bless thy hand that caused the smart ; 

It taught my tears awhile to flow, 

But saved me from eternal woe. 


3 O, hadst thou left me unchastised, 
Thy precepts I had still despised, 
And still the snare in secret laid 
Had my unwary feet betray’d. 4 


4 I love thy chastenings, O my God, 
They fix my hopes on thy abode ; 
Where, in thy presence fully blest, 
Thy stricken saints for ever rest. 


DAILY DEVOTION. 
HYMN 162. II. 3. 
Daily Dependence. 


HEN, streaming from the eastern skies, 
The morning hght salutes mine eyes, 
O Sun of Righteousness divine, 
On me with beams of mercy shine ; 
Chase the dark clouds of sin away, 
And turn my darkness into day. 


2 When to heaven’s great and glorious King 
My morning sacrifice I bring; 

And, mourning o’er my guilt and shame, 
Ask mercy, Saviour, in thy Name ; 

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My conscience sprinkle with thy blood, 
And be my advocate with God. 


3 As every day thy mercy spares 
Will bring its trials and its cares, 
O Saviour, till my life shall end, 
Be thou my counsellor and friend: 
Teach me thy precepts, all divine, 
And be thy pure example mine. 


4 When pain transfixes every part, 

Or langor settles at the heart ; 

When on my bed, diseased, oppress’d, 
I turn, and sigh, and long for rest ; 

O great Physician, see my grief, 

And grant thy servant sweet relief. 


5 Should poverty’s destructive blow 
Lay all my worldly comforts low ; 
_ And neither help nor hope appear, 
_ My steps to guide, my heart to cheer ; 
Lord, pity and supply my need, 
For thou, on earth, wast poor indeed. 


6 Should Providence profusely pour 
Its varied blessmgs on my store; 

O keep me from the ills that wait 
On sucha seeming prosperous state: 
From hurtful passions set me free, 


And humbly may I walk with thee. 


7 When each day’s scenes and labors close, 
And wearied nature seeks repose, 

With pardoning mercy richly blest, 

Guard me, my Saviour, while I rest: 

And, as each morning sun shall rise, 

O lead me onward to the skies. 


8 And, at my life’s last setting sun, 

My conflicts o’er, my labors done, 
Jesus, thy heavenly radiance shed, 

To cheer and bless my dying bed ; 

And, from death’s gloom my spirit raise, 
To see thy face and sing thy praise. 


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HYMN 163. L. M. 
“ T have set God always before me.” 
Psalm xvi. 9. 


AVIOUR, when night involves the skies, 
My soul, adoring, turns to thee ; 
Thee, self-abased in mortal guise, 
And wrapt in shades of death for me, 


2 On thee my waking raptures dwell, 
When crimson gleams the east adorn, 

Thee, victor of the grave and hell, 
Thee, source of life’s eternal morn. 


3 When noon her throne in light arrays, 
To thee my soul triumphant springs ; 

Thee, throned in glory’s endless blaze, 
Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings. 


4 O’er earth, when shades of evening steal, 
To death and thee my thoughts I give ; 

To death, whose power I soon must feel, 
To thee, with whom I trust to live. 


HYMN 164. L. M. 
Morning Hymn. 


WAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
Thy daily course of duty run ; 
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise 
To pay thy morning sacrifice. 


2 Redeem thy mis-spent time that’s past; 
Live this day, as if ’twere thy last ; 

To improve thy talents take due care; 
’Gainst the great day thyself prepare. 


3 Let all thy converse be sincere, 

Thy conscience as the noon-day clear ; 
Think how the all-seeing God, thy ways 
And all thy secret thoughts surveys. 


4 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, 
And with the angels bear thy part ; 
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Who all night long unwearied sing, 
‘Glory to thee, eternal King.’ 


5 I wake, I wake, ye heavenly choir ; 
May your devotion me inspire ; 

That I like you my age may spend, 
Like you may on my God attend. 


6 May I like you in God delight, 
Have all day long my God in sight ; 
Perform like you my Maker’s will: 
Oh, may I never more do ill. 


7 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept, 

And hast refresh’d me while I slept: 
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake 
I may of endless life partake. 


8 Lord, I my vows to thee renew ; 
Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 

Guard my first spring of thought and will 
And with thyself my spirit fill. 


9 Direct, control, suggest this day, 
All I design, or do, or say, 
That all my powers, with all their might. 


In thy sole glory may unite. 


10 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 
Praise him, all creatures here below 
Praise him above, angelic host ; 


Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 


HYMN 165. L. M. 
Morning. 


parce my soul, with rapture rise, 

And, fill’d with love and fear, adore 

The awful Sovereign of the skies, 
Whose mercy lends me one day more. 


2 And may this day, indulgent Power, 
Not idly pass, nor fruitless be ; 
But may each swiftly-flying hour 
Still nearer bring my soul to Thee. © 
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3 But can it be? That Power divine 

Is throned in light’s unbounding blaze ; 
And countless worlds and angels join 

To swell the glorious song of praise— 


4 And will He deign to lend an ear, 
When I, poor abject mortal, pray ? 
Yes, boundless goodness, He will hear, 
Nor cast the meanest wretch away. 


5 Then let me serve Thee all my days, 
And may my zeal with years increase ¢ 

For pleasant, Lord, are all thy ways, 
And all thy paths are paths of peace. 


HYMN 166. C. M. 
Mormng. 


A Thee let my first o ferings rise, 

Whose sun creates the day, 

Swift as his gladdening influence a 
And spotless as his ray. 


2 This day thy favoring hand be nigh, 
' So oft vouchsafed before ; 
Still may it lead, protect, supply, 

And I that hand adore. 


3 If bliss thy Providence impart, 
For which, resign’d, I pray, 
Give me to feel a cheerful heart, 

And grateful homage pay. 


4 Affliction should thy love intend, 
As vice or folly’s cure, 

Patient, to gain that gracious end, 
May ’I the means endure. 


5 Be this and every future day 
Still wiser than the past ; 

And when [ all my life survey, 
May grace sustain at last. 


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HYMN 167. III. 1. 
Morning. 


OW the shades of night are gone; 
Now the morning hight is come ; 
Lord, may we be thine to-day ; 
Drive the shades of sin away. 


2 Fill our souls with heavenly light ; 
Banish doubt and clear our sight ; 

In thy service, Lord, to-day, 

May we labor, watch, and pray. 


3 Keep our haughty passions bound ; 
Save us from our foes around ; 

Going out and coming in, 

Keep us safe from every sin. 


4 When our work of life is past, 

O receive us then at last; 

N'ght and sin will be no more, 
When we reach the heavenly shore. 


HYMN 168. L. M. 
Evening Hymn. 


LORY to thee, my God, tnis nignt 
For all the blessings of the light: 
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, 
Under thine own Almighty wings. 


2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son 
The ills that I this day have done ; 
That with the world, myself, and Thee, 
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 


3 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
The grave as little as my bed; 
Teach me to die, that so I may 
Triumphing rise at the last day. 


4 O may my soul on thee repose, 
And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close: 
Sleep, that may me more vigorous make 
To serve my God, when I awake. 

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5 When in the night I sleepless lie, 

My soul with heavenly thoughts supply: 
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, 

Ne powers of darkness me molest. 


6 O when shall I, in endless day, 
For ever chase dark sleep away, 

And hymns divine with angels sing, 
Glory to thee, eternal King. | 


7 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, 
Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
Praise him above, angelic host ; 

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 


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HYMN 169 L.M. 
Evening. 


Ge God, to thee my evening song . 
With humble gratitude I raise : 
O let thy mercy tune my tongue, 

And fill my heart with lively praise. 


2 My days unclouded as they pass, 
And every onward rolling hour, 

Are monuments of wondrous grace, 
And witness to thy. love and power. 


3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart, 
Too oft regardless of thy love, 
Ungrateful, can from thee depart, 
And from the path of duty roam. 


4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood 

Of Christ, my Lord; his Name alone 
I plead for pardon, gracious God, 

And kind acceptance at thy throne. 


5 With hope in him mine eyelids close, 
With sleep refresh my feeble frame; 
Safe in thy care may [ repose, 
And wake with praises to thy Name. 


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HYMN 170. C.M. 
Evening. 
Now, from the altar of our hearts, ; 


Let flames of love arise ; 
Assist us, Lord, to offer up 
Our evening sacrifice. 


2 Minutes and mercies multiplied 
Have made up all this day ; 

Minutes came quick. but mercies were 
More swift, more free than they. 


3 New time, new favors, and new joys, 
Do a new song require ; 
Till we shall praise Thee as we would, 
Accept our hearts’ desire. av 


HYMN 171. 8. M. 
Evening. 


HE day is past and gone; 
The evening shades appear: 
O may we all remember well 
The night of death draws near. 


2 We lay our garments by, 
Upon our beds to rest ; 

So death shall soon disrobe us all 
Of what is here possest. 


3 Lord, keep us safe this night, ; 
Secure from all our fears ; 

May angels guard us while we sleep, 
Till morning light appears. 


HYMN 172. III. 1. 
Psalm exli. 2 


OFTLY now the light of day 
Fades upon my sight away ; 
Free from care, from labor free, 
Lord I would commune with thee: 
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2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye 
Nought escapes, without, within 
Pardon each infirmity, 
Open fault, and secret sin. 


3 Soon, for me, the light of day 
Shall for ever pass away ; 

Then, from sin and sorrow free 
Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee; 


4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known 
All of man’s infirmity ; 

Then, from thine eternal throne, 
Jesus, look with pitying eye. 


HYMN 173. IV. 2. 
Evening. 


NSPIRER and hearer of prayer, 
Thou shepherd and guardian of thine, 
My all to thy covenant care, 
I, sleeping or waking, resign. 


2 If thou art my shield and my sun, 
The night is no darkness to me; 

And, fast, as my minutes roll on, 
They bring me but nearer to thee. 


‘8 A sovereign protector I have, 


Unseen, yet for ever at hand; 
Unchangeably. faithful to save, 
Almighty to rule and command. 


4 He smiles and his comforts abound 
His grace as the dew, shall descend ; 
And walls of salvation surround ~ 


The soul he delights to defend. 





X. The Christian Lite. 
HYMN 174. C. M. 
_Renouncing the World. 


ET worldly minds the world pursue 
It has no charms for me ; 
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Once I admired its follies too, 
But grace has set me free. —. 


2 Those follies now no longer please, 
No more delight afford ; 

Far from my heart be j joys like these, 
Now I have known the Lord. 


3 As by the light of opening day 
The stars are all conceal’d, 

So earthly pleasures fade away 
When Jesus is reveal’d. 


4 Creatures no more divide my choice, 
I bid them all depart ; 

His Name, and love, and gracious voice 
Shall fix my roving heart. 


5 Now, Lord, I would be thine alone, 
And wholly live to thee ; 

Yet worthless still myself I own, 
Thy worth is all my plea. 


HYMN 175. L. M. 
Not ashamed of Christ. 
ESUS, and shall it ever be, 


A mortal man ashamed of thee: 
Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, 
Whose glories shine thro’ endless days? 


2 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far 

Let night disown each radiant star ; 
Tis midnight with my soul, till he, 
Bright Morning Star, bid darkness flee. 


3 Ashamed of Jesus! O, as soon 
Let morning blush to own the sun; 
He sheds the beams of light divine 
O’er this benighted soul of mine. 


4 Ashamed of Jesus! that dear Friend 
On whom my hopes of heaven depend! 
No; when I blush, be this my shame, ‘ 
That I no more revere his Name. 

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5 Ashamed of Jesus! empty pride; 
I'll boast a Saviour crucified ; 

And, O, may this my portion be, 
My Saviour not ashamed of me. 


HYMN 176. 8S. M. 
Prayer for Christian Graces. 


‘laa my strength, my hope, 
On thee I cast my care, 
With humble confidence look up, 
And know thou hear’st my prayer: 
Give me on thee to wait, 
Till I can all things do; 
On thee, Almighty to create, 
Almighty to renew. 


2 I want a sober mind, 
A self-renouncing will, 
That tramples down and casts behind 
The baits of pleasing ill: 
A soul inured to pain, 
To hardship, grief, and loss ; 
Ready to take up and sustain 
The consecrated cross. 


3 I want a godly fear, 
A quick, discerning eye, 
That looks to thee when sin is near, 
And sees the tempter fly ; 
A spirit still prepared, 
And arm’d with jealous care, 
For ever standing: on its guard, 
And watching unto prayer. 


4 I want a heart to pray, 
To pray and never cease, 
Never to murmur at thy stay, 
Or wish my sufferings less ; 
This blessing, above all, 
Always to pray I want, 
Out of the deep on thee to call, 
And never, never faint. 
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5 [ want a true regard, 
A single steady aim, 

Unmoved by threatening or reward, 
To thee and thy great Name ; 

A jealous, just concern 
For thine immortal praise ; 

A pure desire that all may learn 
And glorify thy grace. 


6 I rest upon thy word, 
The promise is for me ; 
My succour and salvation, Lord, 
Shall surely come from thee ; 
But let me still abide, 
Nor from my hope remove, 
Till thou my patient spirit guide 
Into thy perfect love. 


HYMN 177,. SLL. 3. 
Prayer for Guidance. 
UIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, 


Pilgrim through this barren land ; 
Iam weak, but thou art mighty ; 
Hold me with thy powerful hand. 


2 Open now the crystal fountains 
Whence the living waters flow ; 
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar, 
Lead me all my journey through. 


3 Feed me with the heavenly manna 
In this barren wilderness ; 

Be my sword, and shield, and banner; 
Be the Lord my righteousness. 


4 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
Bid my anxious fears subside ; 

Death of death, and hell’s destruction, 
Land me safe on Canaan’s side. 


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HYMN 178. L. M. 
Following the Example of Christ. 


7 HENE’ER the angry passions rise, 
And tempt our thoughts or tongues tostrife, 
To Jesus let us lift our eyes, 
Bright pattern of the Christian life. 


2 O how benevolent and kind, 
How mild, how ready to forgive: 
Be this the temper of our mind, 
And these the rules by which we live. 


3 To do his heavenly Father’s will 
Was his employment and delight ; 
Humility and holy zeal 
Shone through his life divinely bright. 


4 Dispensing good where’er he came, 
The labors of his life were love ; 
Then, if we bear the Saviour’s name, 

By his example let us move. 


5 But, ah, how blind, how weak we are, 
How frail, how apt to turn aside; 
Lord, we depend upon thy care ; 
We ask thy Spirit for our guide. 


6 Thy fair example may we trace, 
To teach us what we ought to be; 

Make us, by thy transforming grace, 
O Saviour, daily more like thee. 


HYMN 179. §. M. 
Duties. 


A CHARGE to keep I have, 

A God to glorify ; 

A never-dying soul to save, 
And fit it for the sky: 


2 From youth to hoary age, 
My calling to fulfil: 
O may it all my powers engage. 
_ To do my Master’s will. 
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3 Arm me with jealous care, 
As in thy sight to live, 

And, oh! thy servant, Lord, prepar. 
A strict account to give: 


4 Help me to watch and pray, 
And on thyself rely ; 

Assured if I my trust betray, 
I shall for ever die. 


HYMN 180. C. M. 
“¢ Forgetting those things which are behind,”’ §c. 
Philippians ii. 13, 14. 


WAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, 
And press with vigor on ; 
A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 
And an immortal crown. 


2 A cloud of witnesses around 
Hold thee in full survey ; 
Forget the steps already trod, 
And onward urge thy way. 


3 ’Tis God’s all-animating voice 
That calls thee from on high, 

Tis his own hand presents the prize 
To thine uplifted eye. 


4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, 
And press with vigor on ; 

A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 
And an immortal crown. 


HYMN 181. C. M. 
Doubting. 


HE Lord will happiness divine 
On contrite hearts bestow : 
Then tell me, gracious God, is mine 

A contrite heart, or no ? 


2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain, 
Insensible as steel ; 
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If aught is felt, *tis only pain 
To find I cannot feel. 


3 My best desires are faint and few, 
I fain would strive for more; 

But when I cry, “‘ My strength renew,” 
Seem weaker than before. 


4 I see thy saints with comfort fill’d, 
When in thy house of prayer ; 

But still in bondage Iam held, 
And find no comfort there. 


5 O make this heart rejoice or ache; 
Decide this doubt for me ; 

And if it be not broken, break ; 
And heal it, if it be. 


HYMN 182. C. M. 
Desires after renewed Holiness. 


~\H fora closer walk with God, 
A calm and heavenly frame ; 
A light to shine upon the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 


2 Where is the blessedness I knew, 
When first I saw the Lord 2? 

Where is the soul-refreshing view 
Of Jesus and his word? 


3 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed ; 
How sweet their memory still: 

But now I feel an aching void 
The world can never fill. 


4 Return, O holy Dove, return, 
Sweet messenger of rest ; 

I hate the sins that made thee mourn, - 
And drove thee from my breast. 


5 The dearest idol I have known, 
Whate’er that idol be, . 
- Help me to tear it from thy throne, ~ 
And worship only thee. 
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6 So shall my walk be close with God, 


Calm and serene my frame ; 
So purer-light shall mark the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 


HYMN 183. IIL. 1. 
Trials. 


ai he my happiness below 

Not to live without the cross ; 

But the Saviour’s power to know, 
Sanctifying every loss. 


2 Trials must and will befall ; 
But with humble faith to see 
Love inscribed upon them all— 

This is happiness to me. 


3 Did I meet no trials here, 

No chastisement by the way, 
Might | not with reason fear 

I should be a cast-away ? 


4 Trials make the promise sweet ; 
Trials give new life to prayer; 
Bring me to my Savioar’s feet, 
Lay me low, and keep me there. 


HYMN 184. C. M. 
Habitual Devotion. 


HILE thee I seek, protecting Power 
Be my vain wishes still’d : 

And may this consecrated hour 

With better hopes be fiil’d. 


2 Thy love the power of thought bestow’d, 
To thee my thoughts would soar: 

Thy mercy o’er my life has flow’d, 

That mercy I adore. 


3 In each event of life, how clear 
Thy ruling hand I see:. 
Each blessing to my soul more dear, 
Because conferr’d by thee. 

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4 In every joy that crowns my days, 
In every pain I bear, 

My heart shall find delight in ‘praise, 
Or seek relief in prayer. 


5 When gladness wings my favor’d hour,, 
Thy love my thoughts shall fill ; 

Resign’d, when storms of sorrow lower, 
My soul shall meet thy will. 


6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 
The gathering storm shall see ; 

My steadfast heart shall know no fear, 
That heart will rest on thee. 


HYMN 185. 
Walking with God. 


{INCE [’ve known « Saviour’s Name, 
And sin’s strong fetters broke, 
Careful without care I am, 
Nor feel my easy yoke: 
Joyful now my faith to show, 
I find his service my reward, 
All the work I do below 
Is light, for such a Lord. 


2 To the desert or the cell, 
Let others blindly fly, 

In this evil world I dwell, 
Nor fear its enmity ; 

Here I find a house of prayer, 
To which I inwardly retire ; 

Walking unconcern’d in care, 
And unconsum/’d in fire. 


3 O that all the world might know 
Of living, Lord, to thee, 
Find their heaven begun below, 
And here thy goodness see ; 
Walk in all the works prepared 
By thee to exercise their grace, 
Till they gain their full reward, 
And see thee face to face. 
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HYMN 186. L. M. 
Heaven seen by Faith 
A when the weary traveller gains 


The height of some commanding hull, 
His heart revives, if o’er the plains 
He sees his home, though distant still; 


2 So, when the Christian pilgrim views 
By faith his mansion in the skies, 

The sight his fainting strength renews, 
And wings his speed to reach the prize. 


3 The hope of heaven his spirit cheers ; 
No more he grieves for sorrows past ; 
Nor any future conflict fears, 
So he may safe arrive at last. 


4 O Lord, on thee our hopes we stay, 
To lead us on to thine abode ; 

Assured thy love will far o’erpay 
The hardest labors of the road. 


HYMN 187. IV. 4. 
IT would not live alway.” 
Job vii. 16. 
i WOULD not live alway: J ask not to stay 


Where storm after storm rises dark o’er the way ; 
The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here 
Are enough for life’s woes, full enough for its cheer. 


2 I would not live alway, thus fetter’d by sin, 
Temptation without, and corruption within : 
E’en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, 
And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 


3 I would not live alway; no, welcome the tomb, 
Since Jesus hath laid there, I dread not its gloom ; 
There, sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise 
To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 


4 Who, who would live alway, away from his God ; 
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
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Where the riversof pleasure flow o’er the bright plains, 
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns : 


5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, 

Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet ; 

While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, 

And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul. 
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XE. Death. 
HYMN 188. C. M. 
Job xiv. 1, 2—5, 6. 

EW are thy days, and full of woe, 


O man, of woman born: 
Thy doom is written, “‘ Dust thou art, 
To dust thou shalt return.’ 


2 Behold the emblem of thy state 
In flowers that bloom and die; 

Or in the shadow’s fleeting form 
That mocks the gazer’s eye. 


3 Determined are the days tnat fly 
Successive o’er thy head ; 

The number’d hour is on the wing, 
That lays thee with the dead. 


4 Great God, afflict not in thy wrath, 
The short, allotted span, 

That bounds the few and weary days 
Of pilgrimage to man. 


HYMN 189. C. M. 


[ ARK! from the tombs a mournful sound; 
Mine ears attend the ery ; 

Ye living men, come view the ground 
Where you must shortly’ lie. 


2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, 
In spite of all your towers: 
The tall, the wise, the reverend head 
Must lie as low as ours. ; 
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3 Great God, is this our certain doom # 
And are we still secure # 

Still walking downward to the tomb, 
And yet prepare no more? 


4 Grant.us the power of quickening grace 
To raise our souls to thee, 

That we may view thy glorious face 
To all eternity. 


HYMN 190. 8. M. 
Job xiv. 11—14. 
ee mighty flood that rolls 


Its torrents to the main, 
Can ne’er recall its waters lost 
From that abyss again: 


2 So days, and years and time, 
Descending down to night, 

Can thenceforth never more return 
Back to the sphere of light: 


3 And man, when in the grave, . 
Can never quit its gloom, 

Until th’ eternal morn shall wake 
The slumber of the tomb. 


4 O may I find in death 
A hiding-place with God, 

Secure from woe and sin; till eall’d 
To share his blest abode, 


5 Cheer’d by this hope, I wait, 
Through toil, and care, and orief, 

Till my appointed course is run, 
And death shall bring relief. 


HYMN 191. 


BE air spark of heavenly flame, 
Quit, O quit this mortal frame ; 
Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, 
O, the pain, the ue of dying! 


HYMNS. 
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, 
And let me languish into life. 


2 Hark, they whisper, angels say, 
Sister spirit, come away ! ‘ 
What is this absorbs me quite, 

Steals my senses, shuts my sight, 
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? 
Tell, me, my soul, can this be death ? 


3 The world recedes, it disappears : 
Heaven opens on my eyes: my ears 
With sounds seraphic ring : 
Lend, lend your wings ; I mount, I fly 
O grave, where is thy victory, 
O death, where is thy sting ¢ 


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XIE. Fudgment. 
HYMN?’ 192. C. M, 
‘THEN, rising from the bed of death 


O’erwhelm/’d K i guilt and fear, 
I see my Maker, face to face ; 





O, hoiw shall I appear! 

2 If yet, while pardon may be found, 
And mercy may be sought, 

My heart with inward horror shrinks, 
And trembles at the thought , 


3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclos’d 
In majesty severe, 

And sit in judgment on my soul, 
O, how shall I appear! 


4 But thou hast told the troubled mind, 
Who does her sins lament, 

That faith in Christ’s atoning blood 
Shall endless woe prevent., 


5 Then never shall my soul despair 
Her pardon to procure, 

Who knows thine only Son has died 
To make that pardon sure. 


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HYMN 193. S. M. 


ND will the Judge descend ? 
And must the dead arise? 
And not a single soul escape 
His all-discerning eyes ? 


2 And from his righteous lips 
Shall this dread sentence sound ; 

And through the numerous guilty throng 
Spread black despair around ? 


3 Depart from me accursed, 
To everlasting flame, 

For rebel angels first prepared, 
Where mercy never came. 


4 How will my heart endure 
The terrors of that day, 

When earth and heaven before his face 
Astonish’d shrink away ? 


5 But, ere the trumpet shakes 
The mansions of the dead, 

Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound, 
What joyful tidings spread. 


6 Ye sinners seek his grace, 
Whose wrath ye cannot bear; 

Fly to the shelter of his cross, 
And find salvation there. 


7 So shall that curse remove, 
By which the Saviour bled; - 
And the last awful day shall pour 
His blessings on your head. 


HYMN 194. II. 7. 


REAT God what do I see and hear! 
The end of things created: 
The Judge of man I see appear, 
On clouds of Glory seated. 
The trumpet sounds, the graves restore 
The deadiithich they contained before, 
Prepare my soul to meet him. 
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2 The dead in Christ shall first arise 
At the last trumpet’s sounding, 
Caught up to meet him in the skies, 
With joy the Lord surrounding ; 
No gloomy fears their souls dismay, 

His presence sheds eternal day 
On those prepared to meet him. 


3 But sinners, filled with guilty fears, 
Behold his wrath prevailing ; 

For they shall rise, and find their tears 
And sighs are unavailing ; 

The day of grace is past and gone ; 

Trembling they stand before the throne, 
All unprepared to meet him. 


4 Great God, what do I see and hear! 
The end of things created: 

The Judge of man I see appear, 
On clouds of glory seated: 

Beneath his cross I view the day 

When heaven and earth shall pass away, 
And thus prepare to meet him. 


HYMN 195. III. 1. 
Stusbuke xin. 24—27. 


Sed my soul, the narrow gate, 
\) Enter ere it be too late ; 

Many ask to enter there 

When too late to offer prayer. 


2 God from mercy’s seat shall rise, 
And for ever bar the skies : 

Then, though sinners cry without, 
He will say “I know you not.” 


3 Mournfully will they exclaim ; 
“Lord we have profess’d thy Name ; 
We have ate with thee, and heard 
Heavenly teaching in thy word.” 


4 Vain, alas, will be their plea, ; 
Workers of iniquity; 
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HYMNS. 


Sad their everlasting lot; 
Christ will say, ‘I know you not.’ 


NULL. Bternity. 
HYMN 196. S. M. 


WHERE shall rest be found 
Rest for the weary soul ? 
”T'were vain the ocean’s depths to sound, 
Or pierce to either pole. 


2 The world can never give 
The bliss for which we sigh: 

’Tis not the whole of life to live, 
Nor all of death to die. 


3 Beyond this vale of tears 
There is a life above, 
Unmeasured by the flight of years; 
And all that life is love. 


4 There is a death, whose pang 
Outlasts the fleeting breath : 

O, what eternal horrors hang 
Around the second death! 


5 Lord God of truth and grace, 
Teach us that death to shun, 
Lest we be driven from thy face 

For ever more undone. 


HYMN 197. C. M. 
2 Cor. iv. 18. 


OW long shall earth’s alluring toys 
Detain our hearts and eyes, 
Regardless of immortal joys, 
And strangers to the skies! 


2 These transient scenes will soon decay, 
They fade upon the sight ; 

And quickly will their brightest day 
Be lost in endless night. 


3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain, 
With conscious sighs we own; 
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While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain, 
O’ershade the smiling noon, 


4 O, could our thoughts and wishes fly 
Above these oloomy shades, 

To those bright w orlds bey ond the ae ; 
Which sorrow ne’er invades ! 


5 There, joys unseen by mortal eyes. 
Or reason’s feeble ray, 

In ever blooming prospects rise, 
Unconscious of decay. 


6 Lord send a beam of light divine, 
To guide our upward aim : 

With one reviving touch of thine 
Our languid hearts inflame. 


7 Then shall, on faith’s sublimest wing 
Our ardent wishes rise, 

To those bright scenes where pleasures spring 
Immortal in the skies. 


HYMN 198. C. M. 


Gopi Lord, and warm each languid heart, 
/ Inspire each lifeless tongue, 
And let the joys of heaven impart 

Their influence to our song. 


2 Sorrow, and pain, and every care, 
And discord there shall cease ; 

And perfect joy, and love sincere, 
Adorn the realms of peace. 


3 The soul from sin for ever free, 
Shall mourn its power no more; 

But, clothed in spotless purity, 
Redeeming love adore. 


4 There, on a throne (how dazzling bright!) 
Th’ exalted Saviour shines ; 

And beams ineffable delight 
On all the heavenly minds. 


5 There, shall the followers of the Lamb 
Join in immortal songs; 
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And endless honours to his Name 
Employ their tuneful tongues. , 


6 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love, 
Our feeble notes inspire ; 

Till, in thy blissful courts above, 
We | join th’ angelic choir. 


HYMN 199. C. M. 
fugtae is a land of pure delight, 


Where saints immortal reign ; 
Eternal day excludes the night, 
And pleasures banish pain. 


2 There, everlasting spring abides, 
And never-fading flowers ; 

Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
This heavenly land fr om ours. 


3 Bright fields, beyond the swelling flood, 
Stand dress’d in living green ; 

So to the Jew tair Ganaau stood, 
While Jordan roll’d between. 


4 But timrous mortals start, and shrink 
To cross the narrow sea: 

And linger, trembling on the brink, 
And joa to launch aw ay. 


5 Oh, could we make our doubts remove, 
Those gloomy doubts that rise, 

And see the Canaan that we love, 
With faith’s illumined eyes ; 


6 Could we but climb w here Moses stood 
And view the landscape o’er, 

Not Jordan’s streams, nor death’s cold fbod 
Should fright us: from the shore. 


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HYMN 200. .C. M. 


HOULD nature’s. charms, to please the eye, 
In sweet assemblage join, 
All nature’s charms would droop and die, . 
Jesus, papeared with thine. 
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HYMNS. 


2 Vain were her fairest beams display’d, 
And vain her blooming store ; 

Her brightness languishes to shade, 
Her beauty is no more, 


3 But, ah, how far from mortal sight 
The Lord of glory dwells! 

A veil of interposing night ‘ 
His,radiant face conceals. 


4 O could my longing spirit rise 
On strong immortal wing, 

And reach thy palace in the skies, 
My Saviour and my King! » 


5 There, thousands worship at thy feet, 
' And there, divine employ, 

The triumphs of thy love repeat 

~ In songs of endless joy. 


6 Thy presence beams eternal day 
O’er all the blissful place ; 

Who would not drop this load of clay, 
And die to see thy face ? 


HYMN 201. IIL. 1. 


Revelation vii. 9, &c. 
VN] HO are these in bright array ? 


This innumerable throng 
Round the altar, night and day 
Tuning their triumphant song ? 
Worthy is the Lamb once slain, 
Blessing, honor, glory, power, 
Wisdom, riches, to obtain ; 
New dominion every hour. 


2 These through fiery trials trod ; 
These from great affliction came ; 
Now before the throne of God, 
Seal’d with his eternal Name: 
Clad in raiment pure and white, 
Victor palms in every hand, 
Through their great Redeemer’s might 
More than conquerors they stand. 
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3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, 
On immortal fruits they feed ; 
Then the Lamb amidst the throne 
Shall to living fountains lead: 

Joy and gladness banish sighs ; 
Perfect love dispels their fears ; 

And, for ever from their eyes 
God*shall wipe away their tears. 


NEV. MAtscellaneous. 
HYMN 202. C. M. 
Genesis xxvii. 20, 21. 


OD of our fathers, by whose hand 
Thy people still are blest, 
Be with us through our pilgrimage ; 
Conduct us to our rest. 


2 Through each perplexing path of life 
Our wandering footsteps guide ; 

Give us each day our daily bread, 
And raiment fit provide. 


3 O spread thy sheltering wings around, 
Till all our wanderings cease, 

And, at our Father’s loved abode 
Our souls arrive in peace. 


4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand 
Our humble prayers implore ; 

And thou, the Lord, shalt be our God, 
And portion evermore. 


HYMN 203. III. 3. 
1 Chronicles xxix. 10—13. 


LESS’D be thou, the God of Israel, 
Thou, our Father, and our Lord; 
Bless’d thy Majesty for ever, 
Ever be thy Name adored. 
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HYMNS. 


2 Thine, O Lord, are power and greatness, 
Glory, victory, are thine own; 

All is thine in earth and heaven, 
Over all thy boundless throne. 


3 Riches come of thee, and honor ; 
Power and might to thee belong ; 

Thine it is to make us prosper, 
Only thine to make us strong. 


4 Lord our God, for these, thy bounties, 
Hymns of gratitude we raise ; 

To thy Name, for ever glorious, 
Ever we address our praise. 


HYMN 204. C. M. 
Proverbs iii. 13—17. 
HAPPY is the man who hears 


y Religion’s warning voice, 
And who celestial wisdom makes 
His early, only choice. 


2 For she has treasures greater far 
Than east or west unfold ; 

More precious are her bright rewards 
Than gems, or stores of gold. 


‘3 Her right hand offers to the just 


Immortal, happy days; 
Her left, imperishable weaith, 
And heavenly crowns displays. 


4 And, as her holy labors rise, 
So her rewards increase ; 
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,. 


And all her paths are peace. 


HYMN 205. L. M.: 
Isaiah xl. 6—8. 


HE morning flowers display their sweets, 
And gay their silken leaves unfold ; 
As careless of the noon-day heats, ~ 
And fearless of the evening cold. 
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2 Nipp’d by the wind’s unkindly blast, 
Parch’d by the sun’s more fervent ray, 
The momentary glories waste, 
The short-lived beauties die away. 


3 So blooms the human face divine, 
When youth its pride of beauty shows ; 
Fairer than spring the colors shine, 
And sweeter than the opening rose. 


4 But, worn by slowly-rolling years, 
Or broke by sickness in a day, 
The fading glory disappears, 
The short-lived beauties die away. 


5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, 
With lustre brighter far shall shine ; 
Revive with ever-during bloom, 
Safe from diseases and decline. 


6 Let sickness blast, and death devour, 
If heaven shall recompense our pains ; 
Perish the grass, and fade the flower, 
If firm the Word of God remains. 


HYMN 206. C.M. 
Isaiah xl. 27—31. 


A 7HY niournest thou, my anxious soul 
Despairing of relief, 
As if the Lord o’erlook’d thy cares, 
Or pitied not thy grief? 


2 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, 
That firm remains on high, 

The everlasting throne of Him 
Who miade the earth and sky ? 


3 Art thou afraid his power will fail 
In sorrow’s evil day % 

Can the Creator’s mighty arm _ 
Grow weary or decay ? 


4 Supreme in wisdom as in power 
The Rock of Ages stands ; 
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HYMNS. 


Thou canst not search his mind, nor trace 
The working of his hands. 


5 He gives the conquest to the weak, 
Supports the fainting heart ; 

And courage in the evil hour 
His heavenly aids impart. 


6 Mere human energy shall faint, 
And youthful vigor cease ; 

But those who wait upon the Lord, 
In strength shall still inerease. 


7 They, with unwearied step, shall tread 
The path of life divine ; 

With growing ardor onward move, 
With growing brightness shine. 


8 On eagle’s wings they mount, they soar 
On wings of faith and love ; 

Till, past the sphere of earth ‘and sin, 
They rise to heaven above. 


HYMN 207. C. M. 
Isaiah lvii. 15. 


HUS speaks the High and Lofty One: 
My throne is fix’d on high ; 
There, through eternity, I hear 
The praises of the sky: 


2 Yet, looking down, I visit oft 
The humble, hallow’d cell ; 

And, with the penitent who mourn, 
’Tis my delight to dwell. 


3 My presence heals the wounded heart, 
The sad in spirit cheers ; 

My presence, from the bed of dust, 
The contrite sinner rears. 


4 I dwell with all my humble saints 
While they on earth remain ; 
And they, exalted, dwell with me, 
With me for ever reign. 
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HYMNS. 


HYMN 208. II. 1. 
Habakkuk iti. 17—19 


Nec lant the vine its fruit deny. 
The budding fig-tree droop and die 
No oil the olive yield ; 
Yet will I trust me in my God, 
Yea, bend rejoicing to his rod, 
And by his grace be heal’d. 


2 Though fields, in verdure once array’d, 
By whirlwinds desolate be laid, 
Or parch’d by scorching beam ; 
Still in the Lord shall be my trust, 
My joy; for, though his frown is just, 
His mercy is supreme. 


3 Though from the fold the flock decay, 

Though herds lie famish’d o’er the lea, 
And round the empty stall ; 

My soul above the wreck shall rise, 

‘Its better joys are in the skies; 

There God is all in all. 


4 In God my strength, howe’er distrest, 
I yet will hope, and calmly rest, 
Nay, triumph in his love: 
‘My lingering soul, my tardy feet, 
Free as the hind he makes, and fleet, 
To speed my course above. 


HYMN 209. C. M. 
St. John xiv. 6. 
Shaatt art the Way, to thee alone 


From sin and death we flee; 
And he who would the Father seek, 
Must seek him, Lord, by thee. 


2 Thou art the Truth, thy word alone 
True wisdom can impart ; 
Thou only canst inform the mind 
And purify the heart. 
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3 Thou art the Life, the rending tomb 
Proclaims thy conquering arm, 

And those who put their trust in thee 
Nor death nor hell shall harm. 


4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life ; 
Grant us that way to know, 
That truth to keep, that life to win, 
Whose joys eternal flow. 


HYMN 210. 8S. M. 

Philippians ii. 12, 13. 
EIRS of unending life, 
While yet we sojourn here, 


O let us our salvation work 
With trembling and with fear. 


2 God will support our hearts 
With might before unknown; - 

The work to be perform’d is ours, 
The strength is all his own. 


3 ’Tis he that works to will, 
Tis he that works to do; 

His is the power by which wecat* 
His be the glory too! 


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HYMN 211. IIl. 1. 
Ephesians v. 14—17. 


(INNER, rouse thee from thy sleep, 
Wake, and o’er thy folly weep ; 
Raise thy spirit dark and dead, 
Jesus waits his hght to shed. 


2 Wake from sleep, arise from death, 
See the bright and living path: 
Watchful tread that path ; be wise, 
Leave thy folly, seek the skies. ; 


3 Leave thy folly, cease from crime, 
From this hour redeem thy time ; 
Life secure without delay, ; 
Evil is the mortal day. ‘p 
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HYMNS. 
4 Be not blind and foolish still ; 


 Cal¥d of Jesus, learn his will: 


Jesus calls from death and night, 
Jesus waits to shed his light. 


HYMN 212. ©, M. 
Hebrews xu. 1, 2. 


O! what a cloud of witnesses 
Encompass us around ; 
Men once like us with suffering tried, 
But now with glory crown’d. 


2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired, 
Strive in the Christian race: 

And, freed from every weight of sin. 
Their holy footsteps trace. 


3 Behold a witness nobler still, 
Who trod afHiction’s path, 

Jesus, the author, finisher, 
Rewarder of our faith: 


' 4 He, for the joy before him set, 


And moved by pitying love, 
Endured the cross, despised the shame, 
And now he reigns above. 


5 Thither, forgetting things behind, 
Press we, to God’s right hand ; 

There, with the Saviour and his saints, 
Triumphantly to stand. 





HYMNS. 


GLORIA PATRI. 


N. B.—The metre marks, affixed to the Psalms and Hymns, 
refer to a division of the Metres, founded on the nature of the 
verse, into four Classes, marked—l., II., [II., IV. 


Class I. includes Common, Long, AP Short metres, marked 
C. Mo LM, 8. M. 


Class II. includes ihe other Iambic metres, eight in number, 
marked II. 1, II. 2, II: 3, II. 4, &c., which may be 
named Two, one; Two, two ; Two, three, &c. 


Class 111. includes the trochaic metres, being five in number, 
marked JII.1; IIL.),2,\J0L. 35 es which may be named 
Three, one ; Piece, two, &c. 


Class IV. includes the metres consisting chiefly of triplets, be- 
ing five in number, marked IV. 1, IV. 2, IV. 3, &c., and 
may be named Four, one ; Four, two, &c. 


Class %. 
Crim: 


ne Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
The God whom we adore, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 

And shall be evermore. 


L. M. 


To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom earth and heaven adore, 
Be glory as it was of old, 

Is now and shall be evermore. 


Ss. M. 


To God the Father, Son, Y : 
And Spirit, glory be, 

_ As ’twas, and 1 is, and shall be sO 

To all eternity. ‘ ie eater 

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Class LK. ; 
II. 1. 


10 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
The God whom heaven’s triumphant host, 
And saints on earth adore ; 
Be glory as in ages past, 
As now it is, and so shall last 
When time shal] be no more. 


yas 


TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom heaven’s triumphant host ; 
And suffering saints on earth adore ; 

Be glory as in ages past, 

As now it is, and so shall last 
When time itself shall be no more 


I. 3: 


TO God the Father, God the Son, 
And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
Be glory in the highest given, 

By all in earth, and all in heaven, 
As was through ages heretofore, 
Is now, and shall be evermore. 


Te RW 
I. 4. Jeannie Sete’ 


. ¥ Vt 
TO God the Father, Son, 
And Spirit, ever bless’d, 
Kternal Three in One, 
All worship be address’d, 
As heretofore 
It was, is now, 
And shall be so 
For evermore. 


WES. 


TO God the Father, and to God the Son, 
To God the Holy Spirit, Three in One, 
Be praise from all on earth and all in heaven, 
As was, and is, and ever shall be given. 
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Il. 6. 


ETERNAL praise be given, 
__ And songs of highest worth, 
~ By all the hosts of heaven, 

And all the saints on earth, 

To God, supreme confess’d, 

To Christ, his only Son, 
And to the Spirit bless’d, 
Eterhal Three in One. 


pers 
TO Father, Son, and Spirit bless’d, 


Supreme o’er earth and heaven, 
Eternal Three in One confess’d, 
Be highest glory given, 
As was through ages heretofore, 
Is now, and shall be evermore, 
By all in earth and heaven. 


Il. 8: 


BY all on earth and all in heaven 
Be everlasting glory given, 

To God the Father, God the Son, 
And God the Spirit ; equal Three 
In undivided Unity, 

Ere time had yet its course begun: 
As was, and is, be highest praise, 
As still shall be through endless days. 





@lass MLL, 
Ill, 1. 


Hea Father, holy Son, 
Holy Spirit, Three in One! 
Glory, as of old, to thee, 

Now, and evermore shall be! 


Ill. 2. 


PRAISE the Name of God most high, 
Praise him all below the sky, 
eat 


GLORIA PATRI. 


Praise him all ye heavenly host, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; 
As through countless ages past, 
Evermore his praise shall last. 


Boake 


PRAISE the Father, earth and heaven, 
Praise the Son, the Spirit praise, 

As it was, and is, be given 
Glory through eternal days. 


Ill. 4. 


TO the Father, throned in heaven, 
To the Saviour, Christ, his Son, 

To the Spirit, praise be given, 
Everlasting Three in One: 

As of old, the Trinity 

Still is worshipp’d, still shall be. 


Til. 5. 


GREAT Jehovah! we adore thee, 

God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Spirit, join’d in glory 

On the same eternal throne: 
Endless praises 

To Jehovah, Three in One, 





Class LV. 
IV. 1. 


Y angels in heaven 
Of every degree, 
And saints upon earth, 
All praise be address’d ; 
To God in Three Persons, 
One God ever bless’d, 
As it has been, now is, 
And ever shall be. 
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IVES 


ALL praise to the Father, the Son, 
And Spirit, thrice holy and bless’d, 

Th’ eternal, supreme Three in One, 
Was, is, and shall still be address’d. 


“ 


TV .°3, 


ALL praise to the Father, all praise to the Son, 
All praise to the Spirit, thrice bless’d, 

The holy, eternal, supreme Three in One, 
Was, 1s, and shall still be address’d. 


IV...4; 


O FATHER Almighty, to thee be address’d, 

With Christ and the Spirit, one God ever bless’d, 
All glory and worship from earth and from heaven, 
As was, and is now, and shall ever be given. 


BY cies 


|ALL glory and praise to the Father be given, 

The Son, and the Spirit, from earth and from heaven; 
As was, and is now, be supreme adoration 

And ever shall be, to the God of salvation. 





For Hymns 145 and 185. 


ile the Father, to the Son, 
And Spirit ever bless’d, 
Everlasting Three in One, 
All worship be address’d: 
Praise from all above, below, 
As throughout the ages past, 
Now is given, and shall be so 
While endless ages last. 


When used to Hymn 185, in line 6, read, 
As was throughout the ages past. 


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OME, let us adore Him; come, bow at his feet; 
O give Him the glory, the praise that is meet ; 
Let joyful hosannas unceasing arise, 
And join the full chorus that gladdens the skies. 


1 Whenever the Hymns are used at the celebration of Divine 
Service, a certain portion or portions of the Psalms of 
David in metre shall also be sung. 


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A TABLE OF FIRST LINES, 


SHOWING WHERE TO FIND EACH HYMN BY THE BEGINNING, 


A charge to keep I have - . 4 * “= - 253 
Ah, how shall fallen man - ° = ° «150 
Alas, what hourly dangers rise - ° e “ BE ee: 
All glorious God, what hymns of praise - a 


Almighty Father ! bless the word e ° = 165 
Almighty Lord! before thy throne * * 2 = 191 
Although the vine its fruit deny ° 2 “ = 272 
And are we now brought near to God - - « = 200 
And wilt thou, O eternal God - - ° - 203 
And will the J udge descend - . aly - 262 
Another six day’s work is done - = * - 162 
Approach, my soul, the mercy seat - ” = = 223 
Arise, my soul! with rapture rise - = a = 244 
As panting in the sultry beam - = = - 239 
As when the weary traveler gains s is - 258 
As o’er the past my memory strays - - ° age 
As the sweet flower that scents the morn » - = 220 
Awake, my soul, and with the sun - * - 243 
Awake, iy soul, stretch every nerve = ° - 254 
Awake, ye saints, awake - ° a oi”) oh eo 
Before Jehovah’s awful throne - » a - 236 
Begin, my soul, the exalted lay » - - 144 
Be joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth = = = 236 
Be still, my heart ! these anxious cares = % = 238 
Bless’d be thou, the God of Israel - = - - 268 
Blest is the man whose soft’ning heart - - - 212 
Blest is the tie that binds - - ° “ - 158 
Behold the Saviour of mankind - * ° - 181 
Children of the heavenly King ° ° « 931 
Christ from the dead is raised ‘and ial . ° - 185 
Christ the Lord is risen to-day - * eth = 184 
Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come - « - - 187 
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove - 2 2 = 188 
Come, let our voices join - - - 209 
Come, Lord, and warm each Tanguid heart - « - 265 
Come, ye that love the Lord - - - 232 
Deluded souls! that dream of heaven - ® a - 299 
Disown’d of heaven, by man oppress’d - Pe - 208 
Doxologies - - . ease 

Dread Jehovah ! God of nations a. . - 191 

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TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 


Eternal Source of every joy - - - 
Faith is the Christian’s evidence - - 
Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone - 
Father of mercies! in thy word - - 
Father of all, whose love profound - - 
Father of mercies, bow thine ear - 
Father, to thee my soul llift - - - 
Father, whate’er of earthly bliss - - 
Rew are thy days, and full of woe - - 
Fountain of mercy, God of love - - 
From all that dwell below the skies - - 
From Greenland’s icy mountains - 


From whence these direful omens round 
Glory to thee, my God, this night - = 


Glory to the Father give - - - 
God moves in a mysterious way - - 
God of the seas, thine awful voice - - 
God of our fathers, by whose hand - 
Go forth, ye heralds, in my name - - 


<¢ Go, preach my gospel,” saith the Lord 
Grace! ’tis a charming sound - - 


Great first of beings! mighty Lord - 
Great God, this sacred day of thine - - 
- Great Gods to thee my evening song - 
Great God, what do I seeand hear - - 
Great God, with wonder and with praise - 
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah - - 
Hail! thou long-expected Jesus - - 
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed - - - 


Hark! from the tombs a mournful sound - 
Hark! the glad sound, the Saviour comes - 
Hark ! the herald angels sing - - 
Hasten, sinner, to be wise - - “ 
_ Hear, gracious God, my humble moan - 
Hear what the voice from heaven declares - 
He dies, the Friend of sinners dies 

He’s come, let every knee be bent. - - 
Heirs of unending life - “ ms 
High on the bending willows hung” - - 
How beauteous are their feet - - 
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord 
How long shall earth’s alluring toys. . - 


How helpless guilty nature lies - 5 


- How oft, alas! this wretched heart - 
_ How short the race our friend has run - 
_ How wondrous and great - - 
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TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 


I love thy kingdom, Lord - - 
In loud exalted strains - - 
Inspirer and hearer of prayer : 


I would not live alway ; I ask not to stay 


Jesus, and shall it ever be - - 
Jesus, my strength, my hope - 
Jesus, Saviour of my soul - - 
Jesus shall reign where’er the sun 
Joy is a fruit that will not grow - 


Let heaven arise, let earth appear 
Let worldly minds the world pursue 
Like Noah’s weary dove - 
Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing 
Lord, for the just thou dost provide 
Lord, how delightful ’tis to see - 
Lord, my God, I long to know - 
Lord of life, all praise excelling - 
Lord, unafflicted, undismay’d 


Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise thee - 


Lo! what a cloud of witnesses 


Mercy, descending from above” - 
My God, and is thy table spread 
My God, permit me not to be - 


My God, since thou hast raised me up 


My grateful soul, for ever praise - 
My opening eyes with rapture see 
My Saviour hanging on the tree - 
Not to the terrors of the Lord 
Now from the altar of our hearts 


Now may the God of grace and power 


Now the shades of night are gone 


O’er the mountain tops the mount of God 


O happy day that stays my choice 

O, happy is the man who hears 

Oh for a closer walk with God - 

O holy, holy, holy Lord - 

O, in the morn of life, when youth 

O let triumphant faith dispel - 

On Sion, and on Lebanon - - 

O Spirit «¢ the living God - 

Oh, that my load of sin were gone 

O thou that hear’st when sinners cry 

O thou, to whose all-searching sight 

Our Lord is risen from the dead 

O, where shall rest be found ; - 
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Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan 


Praise to God, immortal praise - - 
Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire - 
Rich are the joys which cannot die - -. 
Rise, crown’d with light, imperial Salem, rise 
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings - - 
Rise, O my soul, the hours review + 
Rock of Ages, cleft forme  - - - 
Salvation doth to God belong - - 
Salvation! O the joyful sound - - 
Saviour, source of every blessing - 
Saviour, when in dust, to thee - - 
Saviour, when night involves the skies - 
Saviour, who thy flock are feeding - - 
See, in the vineyard of the Lord - 
Seek, my soul, the narrow gate - + 
Should nature’s charms, to please the eye 
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing - 
Since Christ our Passover is slain =e 
Since I’ve known a Saviour’s name - - 
Sing, my soul, his wondrous love - 
Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep —- - 
Sinners, turn, why will ye die - - 
Softly now the light of day - - - 
Soldiers of Christ arise - - - 
Songs of praise the angels sang - - 

- Sov’reign Ruler of the skies - - 
Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay - - 
The day is past and gone - - 
The gentle Saviour calls - . - - 
The God of Abraham praise - - 
The God of life, whose constant care - 
The Lord my pasture shall prepare - 

_ The Lord will happiness divine - - 


The mighty flood that rolls - - 
The morning flowers display their sweets - 
The race that long in darkness pined - 


The Saviour, when to heaven he rose - 
There is a land of pure delight - - 
_ The spacious firmament on high - - 
The Spirit, in our hearts - - 
_ This is the day the Lord hath made_ - - 
_ Thou art the way to thee alone’ - - 
Though I should seek to wash me clean “ 


Thou, God, all glory, honor, power 
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Thus speaks the High and Lofty One 
Time hastens on; ye longing saints 
*Tis finished ; so the Saviour cried - 


*Tis my happiness below - - 
To Jesus, our exalted Lord - - 
To our Redeemer’s glorious Name_, - 
To thee let my first offerings rise - 
To thy temple I repair - 
Triumphant Sion! lift thy head -| - 
Vital spark of heavenly flame - 
We give immortal praise - - - 
Welcome, sweet day of rest - - 
When all thy mercies, O my God - 


When dangers, woes, or death are nigh 
When gathering clouds around I view 
Whene’er the angry passions rise - 
When I can read my title clear - - 
When I survey the wondrous cross” - 
When Jesus left his heavenly throne - 
When, Lord, to this our western land 
When, rising from the bed of death - 
When, streaming from the eastern skies 
When those we love are snatch’d away - 


When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming 


When we are raised from deep distress - 
While angels thus, O Lord, rejoice - 


While shepherds watch’d their flocks by night 


While thee I seek, protecting Power 


With joy shall I behold the day - - 
Witness, ye men and angels; now - 
Who are these in bright array - - 
Who is this that comes from Edom - 
Why mournest thou, my anxious soul - 
Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know - 


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Ye fields of light, celestial plains <i 
Ye humble souls, approach your God 
Youth, when devoted to the Lord - 


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Il, CREATION ~- - re o 
Il. PROVIDENCE - - - ~ 

~ IV. REDEMPTION - - - 


V. THE CHURCH - - - -. 

VI. FESTIVALS AND FASTS” - 
The Lord’s Day - - - 
Advent - - - - - 
Christmas -~ - - - - 
End of the Year - - - 
New Year - - - - 
Epiphany - - - - 
Lent - - 
Passion Week and God: “Friday 
Easter - - - - - 
Ascension = - - - 
Whit-Sunday- - - - - 
Trinity-Sunday = - - - 
Fast-day - - - - 


Thanksgiving- day - 


Baptism of Infants - - 
Baptism of Adults - - = 
Confirmation - FS A 


The Lord’s Supper - 


Ordination, or Institution of Ministers 


Consebe tice of a Church : 


Missions - 
Sunday and Charity SéHools - 
Charitable Occasions - - 
To be used at Sea - - 
For the Sick - - - 
Funerals - 


VIII. INVITATION AND WARNING» 


wal ORDINANCES AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS 


IX. CHRISTIAN DUTIES AND AFFECTIONS 


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